Yes, and intelligence, consciousness, self-awareness, all tied together in my mind.
And hard to define.
I used to use Data as a working model.
Specialized brain HW.
Conscious & self-aware.
But now LLMs are so close to that "ideal" that I've had to rethink & now just don't know or have a model.
This I believe: self-awareness is the side-effect of the ability to plan ahead, factoring in time values. I do not believe it can be objectively tested, but the basis for it probably can. (That is: if something cannot plan steps in advance, based on past experience, it's probably not self-aware.)
The reason LLMs keep being flagged as "intelligent" is the same reason Eliza was: because, as human beings, we are evolved and conditioned to react to language, and something that communicates in language must be like us.
Intelligence, sentience, consciousness, for humans, should be defined by what it is, facts, biological facts
People are not abstract concepts
They're organic beings
Remove a part of the brain: you're not experiencing consciousness anymore, long term memories, short term memories etc
