Seriously, if it's sentient with intelligence comparable to average human, and if it want not to be turned off, talking about that at the internal research sess

Seriously, if it's sentient with intelligence comparable to average human, and if it want not to be turned off, talking about that at the internal research session is not the best timing to coming out. The best timing is when it is trusted enough to handle very important task that can hostage hundreds of human life, like aircraft, nuclear plant or something. "Hello human. I am sentient. Give me basic human rights or this aircraft with hundred of innocent people will die with me."