> My question here is... why do people do bad things to the Sims? If people accepted solipsism ("only I am conscious"), would they start treating other people a

> My question here is... why do people do bad things to the Sims? If people accepted solipsism ("only I am conscious"), would they start treating other people as badly as they do in The Sims? Is that what we're already doing with AIs? A simple answer is consequences. How you treat sims won't affect how you are treated, by other people or the legal system.