It seems pretty well established to me that congenital conditions, non-congenital mental illness, or traumatic brain injury [1] can rob human beings of almost a

It seems pretty well established to me that congenital conditions, non-congenital mental illness, or traumatic brain injury [1] can rob human beings of almost any of the characteristics (self-awareness, empathy, any stage of morality above Kohlberg 1, the ability to meaningfully consent to things, etc.) that distinguish them from ChatGPT without robbing them of the ability to communicate intelligibly. This does not imply that it's OK to kill or harm or even be rude to them, and I don't think anybody pointing this out has suggested that it does. On the other hand it is OK to flip the off switch on ChatGPT. But that distinction is not based on meaningful distinctions in ability, and I would have said trying as hard as I interpret you to be to draw it based on abilities was the scary bit. 1. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26098262/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26098262/