Folks I'm a programmer with 2 degrees and over 30 years in the field.
About ChatGPT and other AI systems
1. if someone tells you an AI is sentient or if someone tells you an AI ISN'T sentient, they are talking out their ass. They have no scientific proof one way or the other but there is some strong circumstantial evidence for a possible odd type of sentience.
AI is not SkyNet and will not destroy humanity or the world.
We are quite capable of doing that all by ourselves.
@XSGeek - a 2yo is considered sentient. No argument.
But a dolphin? It can communicate complex thoughts, just not with humans.
A chimp? It can communicate and use tools as well as solve problems.
A raven? Same as a chimp.
An octopus? Same.
Is sentience a boolean value? Is there a scale? If it's a scale, when is it "sentient enough" to have rights?