Psychologists have observed people who respond socially even to computers and televisions. Moreover, people are developing connections with simple robots, such as giving these robots nicknames like pets. Some even take their cleaning robots on vacation.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://community.robotshop.com/index.php/blog/show/if-a-robot-can-achieve-independent-evolving-thinking-like-a-human-being-shall-we-treat-them-like-a-human-being-instead-of-a-machine