

Maybe two things. Have you spent significant time as an outsider in a way that you couldn’t change and wasn’t going to change ? Being on the incontrovertible receiving end can make it clearer that the motives are that of being human beings. This is what human beings do.
And religion, though not so important for lots, is still really important to other lots. I would see the blind spot in underestimating the power of religion in the 21st century.










can they be incarcerated ?
could an A.I. robot be held responsible for a murder be held in a jail with its batteries topped off waiting for a trial ? would they get lawyers ?
would they have first amendment rights ? what are search and seizure rights for A.I. ?
could they perform abortions if they chose to ?
will they get to vote ?
we are not ready for any of it philosophically.