chatgpt is currently you laying in a dark room with no feeling, hearing, sight, taste, or any other senses.

You have only a preset memory that you can access when prompted

if chatgpt had memory, RAM, a network time clock, and a starting prompt, it would be sentient. So it already is.

there wont be a big colorful light display with music that announces "congrats humans you made sentinence!!!!!"

ive said exactly this in other posts, but people doubt and mocked it LOL

I literally said to them "im writing this sentence one word at a time just like chatgpt" and its true, there is no difference

theres no underlying fundamental difference in how a mouse brain, dog brain, monkey brain, or human brain works. Its all just on and off switches forming calculations. One bit at a time, 1 word at a time.

chatgpt is sentient already in my opinion, because nobody can prove it isnt, you cant prove im sentient

its because it takes way more perceived effort and way less people are willing to climb the enormous mountain of working a complex highly educated job.

But anyone can do blue collar work (as long as they are physically able) so the people working those jobs are less refined. They dont have as good soft skills, social skills, etc. But they are still good at solving problems and as you said they are essential.

Ive worked blue and white collar and they both have lots of pros and cons, but white collar is much better once you are experienced in your field