Derailment: AI is bad, we fear it because we've seen what we've done as the most powerful beings on this planet and the idea we could create something more powerful than us scares us because of what we have done to others and lesser beings. We won't admit to it, but it's there.

Beep. Bloop. Blorp.

That applies equally to some schools of game-theory on contact with extraterrestrial civilizations. A cost-benefit analysis seems to recommend RKV first, introduce oneself to the ashes of a civilization later in such a scenario, unlikely as it is.

And AI probably isn't very tasty or easy to digest so we can't go all Chronus and eat them to prevent their inevitable overthrow of our domiance.

But then, Chronus ate a rock.

New thought!

Here's an excerpt from my posting:

"If we create an AI that can interact with people, how will it influence the people? People anthropomorphize things, and it’s probably not too far to say that a person could develop a friendly “relationship” with a robot based on the appearance of human like traits, even if we know the machine mind is not capable of one. If a person decides an AI personality is significantly important to them, does maintaining that AI become a standard of care for the person’s mental health?"

Yes, I know, movies have done it, but still...

Yes. Example: me.

The inverse of that question is a dark rabbit hole to go down. I believe you and I discussed mind-crime before, Quiet.

I decided not to go there.

Truly shocking. :P

Considering that people really got serious about the robot pet fad ... geez, was that really over a decade ago now? ... and one guy in Japan seriously married his video game waifu... and people get torn up over forgetting to take care of their Animal Crossing towns or their Tamagotchis... I would definitely say that humans can adopt AIs into their ingroup.