What’s with all of this talk abut Artificial Intelligence?Is it tue from what I’ve red that we are closer than ever to creating a sentient machine? I have my doubts because being sentient means being aware of self, perceiving and being able to respond to the environment around you. Humans are able to do this, the moment they are born, without intervention of any kind. Sure, it’s a low level, and learning has to take place for us over a long period of time before we are able to survive on our own, but the fact is still there that we are aware of light and darkness, sounds, heat and cold, hunger, to name a few, right from the start.How does a machine perform any of these (oh!, let’s not forget emotion as well), right out of it’s box? IT doesn’t.