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[nonesodangerous]

A particular opinion has been brought to my attention recently. "Flesh and blood matters more than electronics," I was told. So, out of interest, please place the following types of entities in order of importance, from 1-20, in your opinion:

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[assistant_god]

1. a human being, with no augmentations, a human being genetically modified to be superior, a human being with superficial mechanical/cybernetic alterations, such as replaced limbs, a human being with extensive cybernetic alterations, essentially a human brain in a constructed shell, an uploaded human consciousness inside a computer, an uploaded human consciousness inside a robotic body, an uploaded human consciousness inside a mostly/all flesh body, an evolutionarily-developed electronic consciousness inside a computer, an evolutionarily-developed electronic consciousness inside a robotic body, an evolutionarily-developed electronic consciousness inside a mostly/all flesh body, a sentient, human-created AI inside a computer, a sentient, human-created AI inside a robotic body, a sentient, human-created AI inside a mostly/all flesh body, an AI with no sense of self inside a computer, an AI with no sense of self inside a robotic body, an AI with no sense of self inside a mostly/all flesh body, a human being with no sense of self, through mental collapse or other impairment.

2. a simple program with no sense of self inside a mostly/all flesh body.

3. a simple program with no sense of self inside a robotic body.

4. a simple program with no sense of self inside a computer

[nonesodangerous]

Why, in your opinion, is the program a lesser entity in comparison with all the others? Additionally, why is the outer apperance only important in the program's case?

[assistant_god]

A simple program is a tool, capable only of executing very specific functions, while by my definitions all the others count as individuals, whether they are aware of it or not.

The appearance is important only as it relates to its capabilities. In a world still led by humans, a program in a human seeming shell would be able to do more than one limited to a computer.

[nonesodangerous]

Do you mean that because of its appearance, it would be able to interact with humans better?