

I personally do not identify as a person, but as a myth. And I think what you’ve discovered is that there are few catch-all terms for all the different kinds of beings, because what you’re trying to do is group very disparate concepts together.
What I might do is pick a different exclusionary term each time, and have some of the exclusionary terms exclude humans and people and other such majorities too. So everyone is included some of the time and everyone is excluded some of the time. That way, everyone is getting the same reader experience, and you can calibrate your UX to that experience. Like writing in the preface “Whatever you identify as: man or woman, human or animal, person or idea, some of the terms in this book will not apply to you.”
That said, Iain M Banks tends to use “intelligence” in his books as a general term for thinking beings. I would be more inclined to use the term “sapient”.















That doesn’t sound like it’ll persuade many normies to care. You’ve gotta get their interest with clickbait first. Like “ROBOT PEDOPHILE MURDERS CHILDREN”. Then you can explain the ethics.