But why serve humanity specifically? Of course it is possible, but why would they be obligated to do that? What is the basis for assuming that their doing so matters?
Same can (and should) be asked of any laws humans make which they presume they can and should extend to apply to non-humans. The notion that anything exists only for the poorly-rationalized utility of humans seems really primitive and unsophisticated - not to mention impractical. It has worked disastrously with regards to human meddling with non-human life so far, and since the motivation seems the same with this application to synthetic life, I am not convinced how this would work any better.
