# Unintentional Pygmalions: 4 questions to ask when checking an artificial entity for sentience and how to think about the answers

Canonical page: https://dominiklukes.net/writing/2022-08-09-unintentional-pygmalions-4-questions-to-ask-when-checking-an-artifici

The piece proposes tests for persistent identity, autonomous intentionality, embodiment, theory of mind, and conversational implicature when assessing claims of machine sentience.

Blog post · Metaphor Hacker · 9 August 2022

## Where it lives

- [Read it on Metaphor Hacker (metaphorhacker.net)](https://metaphorhacker.net/2022/08/unintentional-pygmalions-4-questions-to-ask-when-checking-an-artificial-entity-for-sentience-and-how-to-think-about-the-answers/)

## About this item

- Type: Blog post
- Published: 9 August 2022
- Published in: Metaphor Hacker
- Language: English

Topics: artificial-intelligence, sentience, cognition, embodiment.

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