Quote Originally Posted by Supersnow845 View Post
The endless are 100% implied to have sapience because an AI program created to eternally preserve a persons memories would be unable to take steps towards ending its own existence. Cauchia is definitive proof the endless have a degree of agency
No it's not. Otherwise you may as well call the current AI tech we have as Sapience. And I'm not talking about generative AI. There are a lot of stream/chat AI that can seemingly give reaction/opinion based on their assigned personality. I can link you a few video if you want.

You're talking about self-preservation code/program which for the most part is a Hollywood invention. Remember that even though most human has strong self-preservation instinct, we're still capably of making sacrifice. Since Cauchia is a big picture person, it's not strange for a program that simulate her to come to the same conclusion. In fact, you argument would make more sense if the program makes a decision that show a divergent from its original template.


Quote Originally Posted by AnotherPerson View Post
Yep, Cahciua calls the Endless a facsimile. A facsimile is an exact copy of the original. It's equivalent to a clone and in this case, the clone is fully sentient.
No it does not, and I'll give you one word: Otis.

The sentient argument only makes sense if all Endless are like the mechanical Otis. Meaning they are a unique existence.

There is a saying: there is only one existence to a life.

And it's heavily implied that mechanical Otis inherit the original soul, than what the hell is the Z6 Otis if not just a fake copy? And if Z6 Otis is a fake copy, than by proxy all the Z6 Endless are as well.