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As everything's gone sciency the last few days, here's an ethical situation:
Imagine someone creates a machine that (at least appears) to be as intelligent as a human. It thinks in much the same way as me or you, and you could have a conversation with it across the Internet and you'd never know it's a machine. It's able to come up with its own ideas, and create art. It has a personality. It says it has feelings. However, the machine is entirely made of inorganic components - it's just put together in such a way to simulate a human mind really accurately.
Does this machine deserve the same rights as you or me? And why?