In that fictional situation, they should. However, the plethora of exceptions, provisos and backdoor that religions provide would make it unlikely.

AIs do not have souls.

If we’re going to be pedantic: neither has anything else.

“Joshua, what are you doing?”

An idiot bought by corporations.

I’m not the one shitting on languages online. What you feel is what you’re doing to others. How does it feel?

Yeah, zealots like you make it difficult. I believe it’s fair you get paid in kind.

In everybody’s lives?

“Should”? Who"s going to police that? You?