>>211784960Right, but that would be something based on a different species. Most the time ai in fiction is either formless, or an android.
We know what would happen if a separate species had consciousness that rivaled our own. That's why so many science fiction stories have extraterrestrials as hostile antagonists. Even Planet of the Apes speculates if a separate species rivaled us, they'd attempt to destroy us. Or Skynet from Terminator.
Sure we have lots of examples of extraterrestrials and other sentient intellects, being benign or friendly, but I wouldn't say it's the majority. Well depending on how you count things..The Star Trek is what, 600+ episodes deep by now? I'll just count ST, as a single work of fiction, rather than counting every separate species depicted as friendly.
Anyway, the question of consciousness and what it means to be a thing worthy of respect, autonomy, and personhood, are intrinsically interwoven.