I think it’s likely because the AI-boosters have been making the argument that we’re in an echo chamber and closed minded (we aren’t, we’re factually correct), or that we “can’t define sentience” (we can, it’s very easy, and they get real butthurt when you do it).
That dynamic encourages us to make unnecessary concessions in an attempt to appear more “civil” or “open minded”.
Gotta resist the urge to put on the kid gloves and stand on business tho. These people arent arguing in good faith, and they are undeserving of any grace.
If some n00b wants to call me a ludite or something thats fine, but I’m gonna respond by intellectually pantsing them, and exposing them as bitchmade technocucks who believe in shit they have no understanding of.
Fuck playing nice, don’t take the bait, lol
edit: if you look at the replies to this comment, this is the only strategy they can conjure to push back against logic - bad faith semantic arguments that flippantly ignore well-established definitions of common words.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sentience
Computers do not experience feelings, and one’s inability to grasp the reality of that fact does not change it.