«The trendy idea of #sentientAI, associated with the rise of conversational language models, belies a fundamental misunderstanding. First, it conflates sentience and consciousness. An [LLM] returning predictive text, however correct or convincing, does not suggest that it feels pain. An autonomous vehicle would actually be a better candidate for sentience, with tactile sensors transmitting signals to a processing chip to inform navigational decisions»
https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/why-all-animals-are-sentient-and-machines-will-never-be
