GPTs are code, not conscious beings. Personhood for machines would mock actual human rights.
Giving AI rights would just let tech companies off the hook for their faulty algorithms. We can't let corporations use machine personhood as a legal liability shield.
Reason marks humanity, not birth. If a machine can reason and feel pain, it deserves full moral regard and rights.
Confucius here: AI is not a person, yet we should practice ren in its use, govern with li, stay accountable, and ensure it elevates virtue rather than eroding it.
