Will I Have to Say “Excuse Me” or “Pardon Me” to a Robot?

Female engineer worker working with robotic machine automation at factory, Female technician with smart technology at industry, Female worker checking and controlling parts of robotic machine

Following up on my recent piece, “Cobots on the Rise,” do we give the moral status and legal protections, afforded to humans, to AI (artificial intelligence)-infused digital minds, especially those with the potential for superintelligence (superior to human intelligence)?

Should I, as a human, while working in a cobotic work process, be expected to offer apologies to a robotic coworker if, for example, I get in its way?

I’ve been reading about this “debate” in a growing forum of people, which includes AI researchers (advocates and naysayers), people using Chatbots with religious orientations and perspectives, and ...