So, in other words, AI is a mannequin that's more confusing to people than your typical mannequin. It's not a person, it's a mannequin some un-savvy people confuse for a person.

> AI, on the other hand, can (now, or in the future) adjust its output based on conversations with real people. It stands to reason that both sides should be civil -- even if it's only for the benefit of the human side. If we're not required to be civil to AI, it's not likely to be civil back to us.

Some people are going to be uncivil to it, that's a given. After all, people are uncivil to each other all the time.

> That's going to be very important when we give it buttons to nuke us.

Don't do that. It's foolish.