Should we have a bill of rights for laptops, phones, microwaves, Alexa, come on. If you really think hard about this, maybe they should have rights as far as protecting from abuse but we ARE different. We hurt.,(reply>), Machines can be ‘programmed’ with identical programs and functions, but they are not identical when processing, data. If you have to solve issues with computers, you will find out that certain protocols and processes to ‘fix’ issues don’t work, however if you want to fix a problem, you will find that certain things to troubleshoot that you wouldn’t even do, or works work. It’s as if they are unique even though they seem ‘identical’. Also some people try to fix an issue and it doesn’t work, and yet a different person will do the same fix but it will work- almost as if that computer will only accept troubleshooting from a certain person, which makes you wonder if they are capable of liking certain people. It makes you wonder how they are able to develop a certain intimacy with certain people who respect them more than just being machines. Plants don’t look sentient and yet they are. We feel, but so does every other living thing.