I will revise the post when I get a chance because this is a common interpretation of what I said, which wasn’t my intent. My assertion isn’t “if someone or something claims sentience, it must definitely actually be sentient”. Instead we are meant to start with the assumption that the person at the start of the experiment is definitely sentient, and definitely being honest about it. Then the chain of logic starts from that baseline.
I will revise the post when I get a chance because this is a common interpretation of what I said, which wasn’t my intent. My assertion isn’t “if someone or something claims sentience, it must definitely actually be sentient”. Instead we are meant to start with the assumption that the person at the start of the experiment is definitely sentient, and definitely being honest about it. Then the chain of logic starts from that baseline.