Can Artificial Intelligence Become Sentient?

Recently, a Google scientist claimed that the AI chatbot he was charged to test came to life and got fired because of his claim. He posted his conversation with the AI chatbot online, which attracted millions of views.
What is the conversation about between the Google scientist, Blake Lemoine, and Lambda, the chatbot?
What is the argument for AI becoming sentient?
What is the argument against AI becoming sentient, mathematically and algorithmically?
What factors make people believe that AI bots are sentient?
Can AI really become sentient someday?
What is the likely future of AI in terms of human-machine interaction and affection, thanks to the AI embodiment?
What can we learn from the 2001 movie Artificial Intelligence: AI?
What can we learn from the 2022 movie Top Gun 2?
What are the advantages of an AI friend over our "physical" friend?
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Shouldn’t Ai be sentient by definition?

[@applyailikeapro7191]

AI by definition is to enable machine to do common human cognitive tasks without explicitly programmed. However, it does not necessarily imply sentience. Having sentience may not be the necessary condition for being "intelligent"