(Throwaway in case this is crank science.) Neural nets are inspired by human neural structures. Training is in some ways similar to human learning. Genetic alg

(Throwaway in case this is crank science.) Neural nets are inspired by human neural structures. Training is in some ways similar to human learning. Genetic algorithms especially in simulated worlds are directly inspired by the biological evolution in the real world. Is there any chance that the resulting algorithms themselves (the AI) shall have any ethical rights or significance? Especially once it exceeds in complexity the human brain. The reason I ask is that it is an ethical question about AI (and therefore on topic), but I don't know how to think about it and hope others here might share some insight.