These models aren't doing anything different than what humans do as we grow and learn over time. Everything we think, say, or write is constructed in the same way. All of the content we've encountered through our lives create concepts that we use to derive our own thoughts and shape our thinking. The reason we don't up quoting lines or repeating the same phrases is due to the amount of material in our training corpus, which is why these models are making such a splash right now. It's the first time we've seen a large enough training set that the inferred output isn't just regurgitated lines and phrases, it's genuinely new content based on everything it was taught. That's not plagiarism.

Maybe by including the rights of machines and animals and anything else that exhibits persistent consciousness we may find that all rights, including human, become more self evident?

Should we wait until a time when a conscious entity has existed with no regard or protection, and likely suffered at the hands of others, with no recourse or accountability, before we address the collective rights society can afford?

How many times are we going to have to learn that lesson before it sticks?

Don’t think about a career as something you do for money. Try and think of a career as something you get paid to do. It’s a subtle difference, but on one hand, it’s easy to grow tired of doing something you’re not interested in and don’t have a pull towards. On the other, there may be some things in your life you would do even if someone isn’t paying you to do it. Try and find a way to make the latter overlap with your day job and it won’t matter what happens in these fields. A strong interest in something cultivates mastery and expertise and that will be worth something to someone, if no one else, at least yourself.