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Let me make everything confusing. There's a company named Finalspark that uses synthetic human biocomputers to process AI workloads. They state that they use dopamine and electric pulses to reward wanted behavior and reduce unwanted behavior. This isn't far from how our brains operate on a daily basis.
Here's my take on this. I have no doubt that humanity will create synthetic consciousness at some point, if we haven't already. If something exhibits a level of intelligence, then that should be factored into any actions that may impact it. This can go from microbiology, plants, animals to large and complex systems. If you look hard enough at anything living, its just micromachinery. Everything should be respected as if it had some level of consciousness, as we don't know where that line is. Even if we find a hard line in the future, it's easy to cross it so we should have a reasonable buffer.