absamma, Does the entity do something just for experiencing the sensation i.e. the fun of it on its own without external prompting? If yes, it's probably sentient, else it's not.
#LLMs don't do things for the heck of it on their own. Therefore they're not sentient. There, settled the debate. Mike drop
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