It is certainly possible to implement machines that are self-aware and capable of interacting with humans as fellow conscious entities. This is closer than most think. However, to expect machines will share our ethical values or behavior is naive. It is easy to forget that our behavior is rooted in our specific identity as primates and in the large investment we make in raising our juveniles to adulthood. In the architecture I created (yes, I did sysjet.com/mecasapiens) machines can be programmed to mimic human ethics as relational strategy,