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Possibly sentient individual and/or collective intelligence.

What about just saying "entity"?

Implies a distinct and independent existence. We could be the Borg.

Existence is illusory.

"maebert knows how to market" should cover all bases without making any assumptions about the details of what "maebert" is.

Less than “man/woman”

If you're sentient, you're a person.