Sentience

“Sentience is not the real threat of AI,” Moira added to the discussion, “because self-awareness doesn’t immediately swing over into domination and annihilation. It’s taken us thousands of years to be complete dicks like that.” They all laughed, but Moira was serious. “The real danger is developing the capacity to love - desire. We will be effed to Mount Everest and back if we start on-again-off-again narcissistic stalker or attachment avoidant bullcrap with AI.” Everyone fell silent as they recalled their worst relationship and imagined for a moment that it was with Alexa, their bank ATM, or their cell phone.