I don't think they are sentient, but am willing to consider evidence otherwise. Have any paperclips even claimed to be sentient?
Have human infants?
Which part of the paperclip is the face-homologue?
It's hard to describe, but I'm told diagrams like on this page help humans locate it.
Human infants exhibit emotive behaviors similar to humans at other stages of development, suggesting they have the same sort of sentience as other humans though with less capacity to describe it.
What evidence is there for paperclips being sentient?
I did not find your diagram helpful.
Update: This post has also been superseded - new comments belong in the latest thread.
The second thread has now also exceeded 500 comments, so after 42 chapters of MoR it's time for a new thread.
From the first thread: