In case of interest, relating to a point in section 1 of your post, here’s a piece I wrote which argues that we should try to prevent the creation of artificial sentience: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/9adaExTiSDA3o3ipL/we-should-prevent-the-creation-of-artificial-sentience
In case of interest, relating to a point in section 1 of your post, here’s a piece I wrote which argues that we should try to prevent the creation of artificial sentience: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/9adaExTiSDA3o3ipL/we-should-prevent-the-creation-of-artificial-sentience