Can Buddhist ethics accommodate the moral consideration of artificial intelligences or posthuman entities?

Posthumanist ideas often explore how moral concern might extend beyond just human beings, including the possibility of artificial intelligences or other non-human entities. While we haven’t created a conscious AI yet, the idea raises some interesting questions from a Buddhist perspective. Let's assume if we are able to create conscious AI, in some distant future Would a conscious AI be included in the scope of compassion and ethical responsibility that Buddhism teaches? Could an artificial being like this fit into existing Buddhist categories such as beings subject to karma? I’d be really interested to hear how different traditions or contemporary Buddhist thinkers might approach this, even if it's speculative.