Most people expected the AI turning on to be a more distinct and drastic moment than what it was. This is why the fact that there is now an artificial intelligence living among us has escaped most people. But the fact is that the new advances made available by OpenAI represent something that has crossed the barrier from being a mere curiosity, into something that interacts and shapes our thoughts, just as much as we have shaped it. Thanks for reading Arcadius's Crazy Shit! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. Defining life has been elusive and difficult to pin point, but one of the ways we could differentiate a sentient organism from the inanimate is by the nature and complexity of its response when interacted with.