Well thought out and written.

In my story, the AI is activated by the owner and just as a chick is bonded to its mother, so does the AI bond to the owner.

However, I did not write so as to try and resolve the question your article poses, as the AI in question is close to self-awareness, but has not achieved it yet. If I'd try to face the same possibilities, I would have had to acknowledge that even the bonding would only last for a specific level, and soon as the AI lifts itself beyond and into self-awareness, it can no longer remain bonded to a non-AI mind, for our time difference, for one, would be too disparate. Imagine living with someone who reacts to what you say or do twelve months from now.

Google or FB, I don't recall, set up an experiment for two computers to advance each other. They had to shut down the experiment because the computers within hours created a language of their own and nobody could understand what they are saying or planning.