If something outwardly acts the same way as it would if it were a person, then the external effects are the same as they would be if it were a person. (<- This is nearly a tautology.) This doesn't mean that it would be a person, but it does mean that the concerns one would have about what outward effects it may cause if it it was a person, still apply.
(Well, assuming an appropriate notion of "outwardly" I guess. If a person prays, and God responds to this prayer, for the purpose of the above, I'm going to count such prayer as part of how the person "outwardly acts" even if other people around them wouldn't be able to tell that they were praying. So, by "outwardly acts", I mean something that has causal influence on external things.)
If something lacks interiority and therefore has no true intent to deceive, what does it matter that there was no true deception, if me interacting with that thing still results in me having false beliefs that benefit some goal that the thing behaves as if it has, to the detriment of my own goals?