posit: people will construct a persistent perception of a personality for any object or system they interact with suffienciently frequently. it doesnt matter if the object possesses one or is even responsive. our incredibly sticky pareidolic tendencies just get all over everything all the time.
Zach WeinersmithIf you had a robot butler... A) Do you want it to have a personality at all? B) If so, a consistent/persistent personality or something like an instance with notes on preferences C) If a persistent personality, do you want it to act as if it has moral standing, e.g. ability to suffer