i find it hard to take these kinds of questions srsly ; at their core these questions are less about what's being asked and more about just identifying the answerer's ignorance/bias

like why would you NOT be friends with a robot? and wtf is a 'robot' defined as here exactly?

we are literally biological machines

if anything was as intelligent as a human or smarter its potential friend material imho ; and also potentially enemy material depending on its alignment

im friends with most animals that i meet and they certainly are not as smart as a human [tho usually much more friendly and likeable imho] ; i luv my cats/dogs more than most humans

EDIT - gotta agree with another poster who said the real question is : once ppl can be friends with robots , will we even want to be friends with humans anymore?