Folk, philosophers, hoteliers, & computational scientists have been saying, "It's thinking about it," about the mainframe, the terminal, the personal computer, the web page, the (smart) phone—probably tech in general—since time immemorial. Like A. Turing said: this will be decided by a Gallup poll, absurd or not; it's inevitable. Kids have soft toys that they are convinced are alive; soon, Teddy will also have a lot to say on the matter..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0qx2BGq_2Ehttps://dair-community.social/@emilymbender/114987968565740315#eschewai