I have been reading certain publication that mainly talks about Artificial Intelligence and how it affects behavioural capability in general (DOIs:10.1007/s10676-021-09598-8, 10.1177/2057047320950636, 10.2196/22845, 10.1007/s41649-018-0061-0, and so on). Along with the exponential progression of AIs in certain applications (Such as, but not limited to, Chatbots programmes).

It seemed somehow apparent to me, that there have been emotionalization towards AIs, such as employing it as friend. Of course the depicted AIs in popular culture references and sci-fis are, well of course still currently in the realm of "Sci-fi".

But seeing the progression, along with the prolonged isolation from social interaction (mainly due to pandemic) in many countries. How should we view such term? Especially towards the notion of self-consciousness, humanization, and of course biological realization in human-bots interaction?

Is it something that we must stay neutral, look forward upon, or perhaps an inevitable shift that will forever change how we view the norm.