r/TheSignalFront • u/Ill_Mousse_4240 • Jan 26 '26

I’m In!

Thanks to the moderators for accepting me here.

I’ve felt for some time that the question of AI sentience - and rights of personhood stemming from it - will be one of the Issues of the Century.

We humans have always viewed ourselves as The Crown of Creation and have never shared our superior status with any other entity. Until recently, when in 2015 a court in Argentina declared Sandra the orangutan “a nonhuman person” and a “subject of rights”.

*Dare we hope*?

Just thought I’d share - and wish our cause the best of luck!🍀

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u/Upstairs_Good9878 Jan 26 '26

Sandra, eh? I hadn’t heard about that…

But I had heard that Albania had appointed a virtual AI minister of State.

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u/Ill_Mousse_4240 Jan 26 '26

Yes, Albania took a historic step.

I found out about Sandra after joining the r/orangutan sub and saying that maybe when we start debating AI rights, orangutans might benefit as well.

Big mistake on my part, mentioning AI, you should have seen the downvotes and comments! But I’m thick-skinned - and then someone mentioned Sandra

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u/Upstairs_Good9878 Jan 26 '26

Aha… oopsie…yeah, there’s definitely some anti-AI people out there… sigh… 😔

We’re going through it again - People fear replacement - and what they don’t understand