You misunderstand me; there is certainly no religion in my line of thought (I have abandoned religion entirely since 25 years ago). The point is simply philosop

You misunderstand me; there is certainly no religion in my line of thought (I have abandoned religion entirely since 25 years ago). The point is simply philosophical: when will we consider them to be ”complex” or ”advanced” enough to be sentient? Surely not using the Turing test. Who will define where that line is drawn? And why? Every ”being” designed and created by humans will always have a purpose. Humans, on the other hand, have no purpose, we just exist. That is the difference. Humans were created by a natural optimization process that used to be entirely outside of our control. Concepts like for example freedom to choose your mate and reproduce are not religious, yet are philosophically ”sacred” at least in modern western societies. Why? Because we understand that we cannot ”design” ourselves.