Octopus And AI: Where Does True Sentience Begin And End?

IFL Science | Article

It’s not hard for humans to feel a sense of sentience in some animals, especially if they share similarities with us. Chimpanzees and other great apes are the most obvious examples, but many people would argue that dogs, cats, and other household pets are complex individuals with a strong capacity to love and suffer. 

Things are a lot messier when we try to recognize sentience in invertebrates, such as octopuses, which bear very few similarities to us on the surface.