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by throwaway7312 2747 days ago
Won't the term "person" unnecessarily alienate otherkin[1]?

Walter would appear to be safest with "thinking entity's game."

Then he has full coverage for men, women, intersex, asexual, androgynous, and non-human identities. His game will also still be relevant and inclusive once we've made contact with non-human extraterrestrials, and uplifted animals and machines to sentience.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otherkin

2 comments

Weird, you're being a sarcastic shit but you don't exactly make a terrible point. OP is probably safe with "person", but if genuine concern came up I'm sure the two seconds it takes to change a word in an HTML file wouldn't derail his day.
Surely the "thinking" part could alienate AIs as well?