AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTYou have been granted access, use your keyboard to continue reading.Guest EssayJune 5, 2025VideoCreditCredit...Illustration by Shannon Lin/The New York TimesPicture this: You give a bot notice that you’ll shut it down soon, and replace it with a different artificial intelligence system. In the past, you gave it access to your emails. In some of them, you alluded to the fact that you’ve been having an affair. The bot threatens you, telling you that if the shutdown p...