>In any case, I think you're really missing what the actual question was that I was responding to: Would conferring legal personhood change my mind about actual personhood.

Well, "conferring legal personhood" would mandatorily (by law) at least change parts of your behavior and professional conduct against one (e.g. you'll have to treat it as a person in any areas covered by legal rights, or you'll be prosecuted for discrimination).

And it will also change education etc - you will be taught in official textbooks that it's a person and you should consider it as such.

This might not change your mind, but will change the minds of most kids being taught that.