> Your definition of "sentience" appears to be "optimization" My definition of sentience was given in my comment. It isn't optimization, it's: * Self awarene

> Your definition of "sentience" appears to be "optimization" My definition of sentience was given in my comment. It isn't optimization, it's: * Self awareness. Some level of ability to understand what you are and how you work. * Emergent emotion. Displays of things like fear and happiness. It isn't semantics, it's real behavior. Being a self optimizer leads to those two things. Sentience isn't optimization, but to be able to self optimize leads to sentience.