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LLMs will never be people. Computers might be, one day in the very distant future. But literally every piece of the current AI hype train is just hype. LLMs could, maybe, at best, be a single piece of a much larger puzzle for bringing consciousness into being. But the "Just Add More Compute Bro!" mantra is just tech bros doing their market hype thing. It has as much chance of giving rise to consciousness as my PC has whenever I add another hard drive.
Boy oh boy, you're not gonna like this one bit: https://www.npr.org/2014/07/28/335288388/when-did-companies-become-people-excavating-the-legal-evolution
(To be clear, I understand you think you covered this with "computers may be" but my point is different: the law is often dumb and you would be amazed at what politicians who don't understand tech - or get paid not to understand it - will pull off)
Edit: Downvotes from people who missed the point. You can't say "LLMs will never be people" because you simply can't guarantee your/our lawmakers won't be that stupid.