And I don’t think eg ‘respect-for-autonomy’ is going to be a thing that smoothly increases from the electron level to the ‘full human brain’ level; I think it’s going to point at a particular (though perhaps large!) class of complicated engines.
I actually agree with this, and I suspect that we might not disagree as much as you think if we put “credences” on what we thought were conscious. I’d identify my view as somewhere between Luke’s view and Brian’s view, which takes into account Brian’s cosmopolitan perspective while insisting that consciousness is indeed a higher-level thing that doesn’t seem to be built into the universe.
I actually agree with this, and I suspect that we might not disagree as much as you think if we put “credences” on what we thought were conscious. I’d identify my view as somewhere between Luke’s view and Brian’s view, which takes into account Brian’s cosmopolitan perspective while insisting that consciousness is indeed a higher-level thing that doesn’t seem to be built into the universe.