People are always anthropomorphizing inanimate things, especially machines! We see this all the time when people share videos of robots that cross into uncanny valley with humanlike faces, or those machines by Boston Dynamics.
What's funny how most people are unsettled by those. Really, even the "creepiest" robots are about as scary as vaccum cleaners. They're just machines and only make you feel curious.
But anyway, that's tangential to the main point which is that humans naturally want to want things like themselves, all the time. In the same way art is "unnecessary" yet inevitable, so are machines with (seemingly?) subjective experiences and personalities.
What's funny how most people are unsettled by those. Really, even the "creepiest" robots are about as scary as vaccum cleaners. They're just machines and only make you feel curious.
But anyway, that's tangential to the main point which is that humans naturally want to want things like themselves, all the time. In the same way art is "unnecessary" yet inevitable, so are machines with (seemingly?) subjective experiences and personalities.