Related: https://qntm.org/mmacevedo
"Lena" is a bit of different case because it's not AGI. Probably ripe for the "forced prison labor" suggested by your sibling as the moral cop-out. Imagine being sentenced to being a cloud VM image!
Artifical life on the other hand is presumably "pure at birth".
Of course it's not that easy. You could discuss whether individual instances have unique sets of human rights, and value potential futures over pasts.