> But also for ethical reasons. My point was whether we need to consider the ethics of how we treat AI, because of the impact our actions have on the "feelings

> But also for ethical reasons. My point was whether we need to consider the ethics of how we treat AI, because of the impact our actions have on the "feelings" of the AI itself, not the secondary impacts that might occur from how the AI behaves in response to those feelings. I think most would argue that it is morally wrong to verbally abuse a human, regardless of what actions that person might take in response to the abuse. Is the same true of AI?