Comments by "Martin Maat" (@MartinMaat) on "No, it's not Sentient - Computerphile" video.

  1. Some thoughts: In order to answer the question "is it sentient" one would need to define sentience which is impossible because "feeling" is inherently undefined. It is a state other similar entities can relate to because they experience it too and recognize it but it is not data. For us animals it is very much tied to biology which an electronic device does not have. As long as this will be the case there is no comparison.
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  2. Uncalled methods fade away in my editor. The moment I call them they light up. Sentience for you right there!
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  3. That would not be too hard for a bot but I was thinking something similar, that sentience really is the ability of becoming tired or irritated, the behavior itself being impeded rather than enhanced. The ultimate sentience is that the thing can be broken by input it was not programmed to process. Which is rather counter logical for a machine.
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