From a purely darwinistic perspective, cows have been hugely successful thanks to their partnership with humans. I am unconvinced that there is some sort of underutilized potential for dairy cows to be something other than they are.
Human neural networks are miscalibrated to trigger oxytocin around non-humans or even convincing fakes, for example many people are absolutely in love with stuffed animals too, but it's pretty evolutionarily maladapted.
Human neural networks are miscalibrated to trigger oxytocin around non-humans or even convincing fakes, for example many people are absolutely in love with stuffed animals too, but it's pretty evolutionarily maladapted.