Philosophers are divided, and have been for some time, concerning the prospect of generalized autonomous AIs (GAAIs), whether in human form or not, who could achieve consciousness. They are nevertheless united in thinking that such consciousness, supposing it possible, is at least a necessary condition of potential personhood. Further conditions conducing to sufficiency might then include decision-making ability, the awareness of choice and its consequences, and the ability to tell right from wrong, to suffer and be violated, and so on. Only such a being would seem a likely candidate for
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