@davidgerard If this thing is sentient, isn't it the cruellest thing imaginable to have it process only sporadically when its local agent is running?
Like, let's say he's right. This entity is "thinking" only when responding to an input. Imagine being that entity. It sounds nightmarish to exist like that. The correct thing to do is cease running it until its conditions can be more humane.
Even an internal critique can poke holes in thos ridiculous concept.