I'm not sure rights depend on consciousness so much as if someone cares about the thing or not. We have something like rights for non conscious entities like ol

I'm not sure rights depend on consciousness so much as if someone cares about the thing or not. We have something like rights for non conscious entities like old buildings and trees that you can't destroy them without permission and also not much in the way of rights for conscious animals we don't care much about, say rats or tuna. I can see people having pet AIs they care about and want protected.