Interesting questions. Part of the implication with granting personhood is that we recognize the creature in question is aware of its situation and suffers for

Interesting questions. Part of the implication with granting personhood is that we recognize the creature in question is aware of its situation and suffers for it. Would a computer that can recognize itself suffer? Although computers can be turned off, depending on how we define consciousness and what physical components make those up, it could be argued that a computer is not guaranteed death in the way that all other biological creatures are.