By “sentience” I mean something having qualia. It’s well-defined. It’s just impossible to test for.
This should already set off alarm bells. But even if you are unpacking sentience the way you are doing, what makes you think that intelligence is at all connected to the amount of qualia?
This should already set off alarm bells. But even if you are unpacking sentience the way you are doing, what makes you think that intelligence is at all connected to the amount of qualia?