[cogburnd02]

You really ought to watch the Black Mirror episode Plaything. It’s about digital pets with a neural network interacting with a human played by Peter Capaldi (Doctor Who) and the outcomes that might result from this.

[blueprint]

also worth a look - The Lifecycle of Software Objects - https://wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lifecycle_of_Software_Objects

[_dark_matter_]

Exactly what I thought of. Everyone should read Exhalation.