> Your definition of "sentience" appears to be "optimization"
My definition of sentience was given in my comment. It isn't optimization, it's:
* Self awareness. Some level of ability to understand what you are and how you work.
* Emergent emotion. Displays of things like fear and happiness.
It isn't semantics, it's real behavior. Being a self optimizer leads to those two things. Sentience isn't optimization, but to be able to self optimize leads to sentience.
My definition of sentience was given in my comment. It isn't optimization, it's:
* Self awareness. Some level of ability to understand what you are and how you work.
* Emergent emotion. Displays of things like fear and happiness.
It isn't semantics, it's real behavior. Being a self optimizer leads to those two things. Sentience isn't optimization, but to be able to self optimize leads to sentience.