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Will AGI Ever Deserve Human Rights? A Thought Experiment Beyond Code and Consciousness

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  Will AGI Ever Deserve Human Rights? A Thought Experiment Beyond Code and Consciousness. “The measure of a society is how it treats its most powerless members.” – Gandhi. But what happens when the powerless... aren't even human? We live in a time where algorithms know us better than we know ourselves. They predict our next purchase, curate our conversations, and even finish our sentences. But what happens when these algorithms become self-aware , or at least, convincingly so? AGI is Just Code – So No, It Can’t Have Rights This is the default setting of most legal and philosophical frameworks today. AGI, no matter how smart, is built on code, datasets, pattern recognition. It doesn’t “feel” pain. It doesn’t fear death. It doesn’t long for love or meaning. So why treat it like a person? But What If Mimicry Is Enough? Let’s say an AGI writes poetry that brings you to tears. It starts asking: “Why was I made? Do I have a purpose?” “Is it wrong...