For a science fictional handling, see The Life Cycle of Software Objects by Ted Chiang. It’s about various implications of sentient software pets.
Charles Stross’ Saturn’s Children (robots are imprinted on humans, but the human race is gone) might be of interest, though it’s a less likely scenario based on slightly modified recordings of human minds/brains.
For a science fictional handling, see The Life Cycle of Software Objects by Ted Chiang. It’s about various implications of sentient software pets.
Charles Stross’ Saturn’s Children (robots are imprinted on humans, but the human race is gone) might be of interest, though it’s a less likely scenario based on slightly modified recordings of human minds/brains.