You are veering into territory that is interesting, but outside the scope of the initial topic. All I'm saying is you don't need a machine to be "sentient" or "

You are veering into territory that is interesting, but outside the scope of the initial topic. All I'm saying is you don't need a machine to be "sentient" or "self aware" to generate novel outputs. Whether or not these models are created in an ethical way is another matter. Even if it was unethical, that doesn't really negate what I'm saying.