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"But but we also thought animals were pure machines and didn't have sentience!!!!"
This is like a set of nested dolls of logical fallacies:
0. (Preamble) Being wrong before doesn't mean other people are wrong right now.
1. Just because you were wrong about animals not being machines doesn't mean machines aren't being machines.
2. You're actually not talking about machines, but about algorithms (who happen to be running on a machine, but could just as well be calculated manually by a human).
3. LLM models themselves aren't even an algorithm—they're literally just a large number of large numbers.
So what you're really asking is "Can many llarge numbers be concious and sentient?"
This answers itself.

Georgia senators are demanding information from the Trump administration on the
record high number of deaths of people detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE.)
Ten people in ICE custody died between January and June of this year
— “the highest number of deaths in the first six months of any year listed in ICE’s public records,”
Democratic Senators Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock wrote

Ossoff, Warnock Demand Trump Admin Answer for Record Deaths in ICE Custody
Ten people died in ICE custody in the first six months of the year.

The Draghi Dilemma: The Right and the Wrong Way to Undertake GDPR Reform
https://fpf.org/blog/the-draghi-dilemma-the-right-and-the-wrong-way-to-undertake-gdpr-reform/
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"Average global temperature to hit 1.4°C above preindustrial levels in 2026, warns UK’s Met Office"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Climate

UK’s Met Office warns 2026 could be among hottest years on record
The Met Office warns that 2026 is likely to become the fourth year on record where temperatures hit 1.4°C above preindustrial levels.

Chase sorry for spitting: 'What I did was wrong' https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47087697/bengals-jamarr-chase-sorry-spitting-did-was-wrong

America is going in the wrong direction for intersex children
https://www.washingtonblade.com/2025/12/22/america-is-going-in-the-wrong-direction-for-intersex-children/

Microdrama platforms borrow aggressive, user-hostile monetization and retention tactics from free-to-play mobile gaming to fuel in-app purchases and ad revenue (Janko Roettgers/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/column/805250/hollywood-…

Hollywood is in love with microdramas, for all the wrong reasons
Apps like ReelShort and DramaBox have seen strong growth and huge revenue numbers by embracing user-hostile design choices.

Microsoft Warns Its Windows AI Feature Brings Data Theft and Malware Risks, and 'Occasionally May Hallucinate' - Slashdot
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/11/23/060221/microsoft-warns-its-windows-ai-feature-brings-data-theft-and-malware-risks-and-occasionally-may-hallucinate

"China doesn’t want to lead alone on climate policies, senior adviser warns"
#China #Climate #ClimateChange

"Mosquitoes found in Iceland for first time as climate crisis warms country"
#Iceland #Mosquitoes #Climate