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Judge - The person in a court of law who decides how the law should be applied.
Mark Zuckerberg - Since founding Facebook as a university student, Zuckerberg has become one of the top ten richest people in the world.
Accused - Claim that someone has done something wrong.
AI - A computer programme that has been designed to think.
Slavery - When people are owned by others, and often forced to work without pay.
Jury - A group of people who are chosen to look at evidence about a crime and decide what the facts are.
Guilty - Responsible for doing something wrong.
Experts - Someone who knows a lot about a particular subject.
Consciousness - When someone is aware of their own body and environment, they are "conscious".
ChatGPT - An Artificial Intelligence chatbot released in November 2022.
Vertebrates - Animals which have backbones.
Invertebrates - Animals without backbones.
Rights - The things that you should be able to do or have in law.