Agreed. Why do people keep pretending that robots are anyhow more sentient than other types of automation? They aren't! They are just as dumb instruction follow

Agreed. Why do people keep pretending that robots are anyhow more sentient than other types of automation? They aren't! They are just as dumb instruction followers as your average conveyor belt, just that the instructions might be a bit more complex and they can adapt to unforeseen environments better. But that's completely different from free will.