we interact with hundreds if not thousands of entities every day that aren't blood and flesh humans. Government institutions, think tanks, firms, cars, vending machines, internet routers, all of which in many ways are subject to regulation and have specific laws set out for them and whatnot.

It's not surprising, because we need to manage all the things we interact with and depend on on a daily basis.

Honestly a lake is a pretty trivial and important entity because it's a basic part of human ecosystems.

It's going to get a lot more interesting when we're going to have more discussions about chatbots, fake news, and other non-human agents in similar situations.