[sp332]

It's already aware of its surroundings, and can respond to its environment.

[sukuriant]

sentience then

[icebraining]

An instance of Nginx can also respond to its environment, but I wouldn't call it sentient.

[sukuriant]

precisely. So, then replace 'consciousness' with 'sentience' in my original proposition. I am not saying response to an environment is sentience; but, when using living brain tissue, there may be a chance that these computers will eventually display sentience.