[TomOnTheRun]

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.

No. And that is not what the test implied. That was only the first test - he wrote other papers with other tests to follow (The fame of this outweighing the others which are not much spoken of). This was a point to be reached before any further consideration of AI was considered. Of course even getting to that point is a monumental challenge that hasn't been properly satisfied.

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

Well .. since you brought it up - it's not directly comparable to the turing test - and many monkeys can in fact know that their reflection is a reflection rather than another monkey it seems the non-sequiter isn't mine...

[Mojave]

And that is not what the test implied.

False.

many monkeys can in fact know that their reflection is a reflection rather than another monkey it seems the non-sequiter isn't mine...

It's yours.