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When does an AI stop being a thing? Legal thresholds, plausible consciousness and the constitutional lesson of the rights of nature

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doi:10.5281/zenodo.23438686
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Solórzano García, Gabriel
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2026
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Digital Constitution – Series 1, part 3. A proposal from Latin America to the world. English version of the Spanish working paper. The paper separates two points of no return: agency and dependence, already crossed, and consciousness, which remains open although its emergence is plausible. It argues that the law need not wait for conclusive proof of consciousness before preparing: Latin American constitutionalism has already granted rights to nature without requiring subjective experience (Ecuador 2008; Los Cedros case). From that precedent it draws two routes to legal status, sentience-based and constitutional-relational, and a three-threshold architecture: precautionary consideration, guarded protection and rights-holding, governed by the priority of human rights, independent assessment and a ban on a digital entity's rights serving its owner. It does not claim that current systems are conscious. Doctrinal-normative, comparative method. Vancouver-style references.

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W7222905345
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10.5281/zenodo.23438686 · 10.5281/zenodo.23438687

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Solórzano García, Gabriel. When does an AI stop being a thing? Legal thresholds, plausible consciousness and the constitutional lesson of the rights of nature. 2026. https://www.declarationuniverselledesdroitsdelarbre.org/global-rights-of-nature-radar/reference/r-768805d2974e7b1cd3ebe1007adeadb6/

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Solórzano García, Gabriel. (2026). When does an AI stop being a thing? Legal thresholds, plausible consciousness and the constitutional lesson of the rights of nature. https://www.declarationuniverselledesdroitsdelarbre.org/global-rights-of-nature-radar/reference/r-768805d2974e7b1cd3ebe1007adeadb6/
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Solórzano García, Gabriel. When does an AI stop being a thing? Legal thresholds, plausible consciousness and the constitutional lesson of the rights of nature. 2026. https://www.declarationuniverselledesdroitsdelarbre.org/global-rights-of-nature-radar/reference/r-768805d2974e7b1cd3ebe1007adeadb6/
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Solórzano García, Gabriel. When does an AI stop being a thing? Legal thresholds, plausible consciousness and the constitutional lesson of the rights of nature. 2026. https://www.declarationuniverselledesdroitsdelarbre.org/global-rights-of-nature-radar/reference/r-768805d2974e7b1cd3ebe1007adeadb6/

UDTR Global Rights of Nature Legal Library. When does an AI stop being a thing? Legal thresholds, plausible consciousness and the constitutional lesson of the rights of nature. Documentary record: https://www.declarationuniverselledesdroitsdelarbre.org/global-rights-of-nature-radar/reference/r-768805d2974e7b1cd3ebe1007adeadb6/ · Last HTTP verification: not performed

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Solórzano García, Gabriel

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Bibliographic / original publication source · https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23438686

Bibliographic / original publication source · https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23438687

Bibliographic / original publication source · https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.23438686

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