Good essay and thoughts Daley. From a cultural anthropology perspective, we have subtly changed the dialectic between humans and machines. We now more often refer to ourselves in machine terms, such as "oh, that doesn't compute" or "he's a real machine", so there's a twist underway. part of the reason we anthopomorphise technology is the nature of our relationship to technology. The Jewish Kabbalah gives us insights through the stories told of the Golems. It's important that we have these discussions as AI becomes more prevalent in our digital society.