Comment by akimbostrawman

Because most people can't help but anthropomorphise anything vaguely human and would demand such characteristics which the provider use as a selling point. that's why we even consider current AI, AI despite the lack of any actual intelligence which would be closer to machine learning.

Just look at how people interact with small robots. They don't even need animal feature for most to interact with them like they are small animals.

It is very annoying and inefficient for anybody able to look below the surface and just wants to use the tool as a tool.