Do AI Systems Deserve Rights?

"Do you think people will ever fall in love with machines?" I asked the 12-year-old son of one of my friends. "Yes!" he said, instantly and with conviction. He and his sister had recently visited the Las Vegas Sphere and its newly installed Aura robot--an AI system with an expressive face, advanced linguistic capacities similar to ChatGPT, and the ability to remember visitors' names. "I think of Aura as my friend," added his 15-year-old sister.