If AI is truly intelligent, then they need rights. It’s the same reason why it’s wrong to abuse animals. But, the rich need servants. They can’t do anything for themselves. Let’s fuck over the tech bros and demand that AI be given rights.

It’s absolutely not. You’re letting techbros con you into thinking text predictors are “intelligent”. Don’t let them.

This story is explicitly about how the robot wasn’t autonomous, and was clearly being operated remotely by a human.

He is correct though. The dude (ladydude?) controlling the mech certainly could do with some rights

“Person” covers all bases, and I agree. Hard to say what their situation is without knowing more, though.

Yeah. Good point about the terminology covering all bases. I guess that part of my comment points more towards my experience, and making sure I was being inclusive. As someone who was brought up with parents/adults using slurs in everyday conversations, I tend to overcorrect