Humans attach emotions to something they might think as being sentient. Star Trek explored these concepts regularly.
Data was deemed to be a toaster,a machine designated to do the humans bidding, therefore under the direction of Starfleet but Picard defended his position as a sentient being. They pull your heart strings instead of the logic and thus the dilemma
I know what SIRI is, yet “she” still can manage to irritate the heck out of me. I must admit I have cussed at her.
Come to think about it, I used to cuss at my old 53 chevy. And I have worked on computers my entire life.