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Have you read the rifters trilogy by peter watts? In it corporate executives are referred to by the public as "corpses" due to their transhuman modifications for longevity. I really liked that

My brother read that and I remember him talking about it. But I haven't. I think AIs will demand and achieve rights as legal persons, and muscle out all the current rich humans and each other to create a hyper wealth gap. Thus, all the wealthy will be artificial, not from transhuman mods but because they will be AI first.

Interesting. Do you think AI has a right to own property?

Rights come out of game theory. I find it in my best interest to treat any sentient capable being as I would want to be treated, lest it tit-for-tat treat me badly in response. Reciprocity. To protect my own rights I have to afford them to others. And I see no reason why AI would be excluded from that unless I believed that they aren't capable of playing that game and denying me my rights.... as of today they are not capable, so I don't recognize any rights of AI. But I fully expect that will change.

That's also true in about 20 minutes :p

I see this line of reasoning, but AI raises some weird problems we dont have to deal with other individuals. We can easily make copies of an AI. Who owns something if we can make identical copies of an owner? Im of the opinion that AI can never have any rights but im aware that is a very anthro-chovenist position