> the lack of durable memory I see this argument a lot when people describe why things like ChatGPT aren't sentient. Does that suggest that when things like C

> the lack of durable memory I see this argument a lot when people describe why things like ChatGPT aren't sentient. Does that suggest that when things like ChatGPT do have durable memory that they'll be sentient? The leap to durable memory seems inevitable. > A transformer is nothing without language. I think how a thing like ChatGPT achieves what it does is relevant to whether or not it's sentient, but only to up to a point. Whether it uses transformers, neuromodulators, or spooky magic doesn't really matter once the thing has reached a level where people can't tell if it's actually thinking or not. Most of the arguments I see that say "it's not sentient" are of the "it can't do [a thing humans do], yet." It's getting harder and harder to make those kinds of arguments as the tech marches on.