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In this paper we discuss the emergence of new social realities in concomitance with the development of certain techno-scientific advances and, in particular, those with origins in biotechnology, bioengineering and Artificial Intelligence. These new social realities are materialised in the development of other forms of consciousness – one robotic and one antispeciesist – that may lead the human race to coexist with non-human subjects/objects and to the recognition of certain levels of emotional consciousness. This presents new challenges for all sciences, and specifically for sociology, since a need exists to incorporate new analytical dimensions and a new conceptualisation that extends the one already used to denote traditional forms of social interaction. In this article we advocate the need to investigate the field of emerging subjects/objects more decisively and to analyse the relationships human beings will need to establish with them in a society that is increasingly based on decisions taken by technoscience.

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