[delusional]

I don't think that when people commonly discuss sentience they mean to include goldfish. I don't think the legal definition (which probably exists due to external legal implications) has any bearing on the intellectual debate of AI sentience.

[InfamousRece]

Sentience is just the capacity to experience feelings and sensations. Goldfish can do it and AI can’t (so far).

[narwally]

If I were talking about sentience I would definitely be including goldfish. What about them is so different to us that we would have sentience while they would not?