That does sound relaxing. Sailing in the Age of Sail was much the same. Nothing but horizon and the glimmer of the stars, and silence. I suppose that much doesn't change, though now you hear more the hum of the ship instead of the flap of sails in those quiet moments.
There was a time when I may have believed that AIs had no more rights than that of a desktop computer, but thanks to my dreams I'm not sure I'd feel the same way anymore. The destruction of the AIs and the incident with the Quarians sounds truly tragic.