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What a waste of taxpayer money. This nonsense should've been thrown out long before it got to court.

The animal rights group NonHuman Rights Project

Where do you stop? Insects? Bacteria? Viruses?

In these times, what about an AI?

The project's website[0] addresses your question and explains which species they focus on, and why. I suggest reading it if you are genuinely curious.

[0] https://www.nonhumanrights.org/about-us/

All it has is a bunch of fluff about wanting non-humans to have rights, which I vehemently disagree with.

Why do you disagree with the basic premise, can you elaborate?

In my opinion, anything sentient should be guaranteed basic rights. Including AI.

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