Are you ready to make friends with a robot? You’ll soon need to be.

Have you ever gotten angry with your GPS app’s insistence that you take a slower route and shouted at it, as if it were a person? Or have you ever laughed at a wisecrack made by Siri in response to a tongue-in-cheek question you asked? Or have you ever referred to Alexa the way you would a person, telling a friend she’s “listening” or getting mildly freaked out by her creepy, disembodied laughter? You’re not alone. Humans have a long history of personifying inanimate objects, whether it’s saying “excuse me” to a chair accidentally, referring to ships as “she” and…

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