<i>Given only a limited set of inputs in a limited space...</i><p>I believe you are making the edge case here, simply because that&#x27;s where our technology is.<p>The alternate position is that given a <i>rather</i> larger set of inputs, over a <i>rather</i> larger space, an intelligence could appear to outsiders as being as conscious ans sentient as they are, even though what we&#x27;re talking about &quot;under the hood&quot; is some simulacrum of sentience, not sentience as we humans experience it.<p>This is the &quot;if a computer plays chess as well as a human, is the computer really playing chess? Or just mechanically moving things around?&quot;<p>My point is that with some larger solution space, the question doesn&#x27;t matter anymore.