[TomOnTheRun]

I figured you couldn't explain yourself

The Turing test is this - a human judge engages in a natural language conversation with one human and one machine Both man and machine are trying to appear human. If the judge cannot reliably tell the machine from the human, the machine is said to have passed the test. Very simple.

Monkeys looking in a mirror never figure out that it is actually themselves that they’re looking at.

But many can in fact discern that different. That's the so-what. The comparison doesn't work on many levels.

[Mojave]

If the judge cannot reliably tell the machine from the human, the machine is said to have passed the test.

An intelligence test. Actual sentience does not exist by virtue of an external observer's belief in it, any more than another real monkey exists in the mirror's reflection.

But many can in fact discern that different. That's the so-what.

Again, so what? You're chasing your non sequitur around in a circle.