Ai is not a single entity. Clearly that Chabot is not driving Google's autonomous cars, and probably doesn't have the capabilities to. Maybe appearing sentient is easier than dealing with driving in the ways we want those system to.

> Maybe appearing sentient is easier than

It cannot be a Spring 2022 discovery that people may be fooled. As if the past history, the past century, the past years, the past weeks had not been enough. As if around the world the revamp of individuals firm in the stance that their sale of dreams makes Truth a marginal issue were not topical.

So, yes, tests are on facts. Words should induce diffidence, not trust, as they are promises, not fulfillments.

Making sense out of things real or abstract has got to be way harder than driving. Faking sentience, on the other hand, is a neat trick with no value apart from 1 day of media fame.