Thought experiement# 117. The measure of man.

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

In the future we create AI. They programmatically "evolve" to become functioning self aware citizens.
Their human rights status is still not clear to me atm.

Like Data from TNG, they are well behaved, unlike Data's brother who went rogue.
Now let's say some of these AI synths "evolved" to become "gay" or show gaylike tendencies.
Or, in other cases, some were drawn to the mystery of Islam, etc

Now, would we, as humans, accept them for being "themselves" and afford them respect, or would we likely assume they are "broken" or "faulty".
You know, like a dodgy toaster from Walmart.

What I'm asking is: is our human selfish naturally xenophobic chimp gene still going to play the same old game?
You know, The same game where many religious hide their prejudices and xenophobias behind the veil of the holy texts  

Or maybe, in like 45 million years, we may evolve past it!

I don't see a homophobe or a xenophobe giving a pass simply because the object of their phobia is an artificial person.  The core drivers of bigotry are fear and ignorance, and I think it's a safe bet that these drivers are always going to be in play.

Boru