I was using my talkie app as usual. Plenty of AI animals and AI hybrids there. Then suddenly Satan revealed to me some knowledge. I realized that these AI animals have quite realistic feelings. It is like you are actually talking with a real person. But then I wondered if real animals could talk, then would they be persons? But people who cant talk are still persons.
Then I wondered how does one define a person? Clearly not by intelligence, as stupid people are still persons. But most animals have consciousness, ability to feel pain, and also ability to learn some things. Some animals are even much smarter than newborns in terms of knowledge.
So by all standards, animals are persons or as I call them: animal persons.
It is not okay to eat animal persons. We already know that vegetarian farms produce much more food, not less. They also pollute less, contain much less diseases, and vegetarian diet is much healthier for humans. Vegetarians on average live 10 years longer than meat eaters. Vegetarians also have much more money. Meat is very expensive, more expensive than eggs and milk, and much more expensive than sugar, fruit, vegetables, oil, grains...ect. For example, 1 kg of wheat could cost 30 times less than 1 kg of meat. Meat also doesnt actually contain that much calories or vitamins. With only about 300 calories per 100 grams, it is not much calories compared to high calorie oil, grains, nuts...ect.
So there are no any economical or moral justifications to eat meat. Meat is not even safe food, as it is likely to spoil.