Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-39492511-20190807174432/@comment-27745396-20190817080632

About Penny being sentient or not. We might have a proof of her being one, but it's impossible to be sure since we don't know what was her father/creator's original purpose for her.

I mean, what purpose would there be to give a android a programming that encourages her to run off from her handlers (several times) and trying to make friends with other people? This is especially weird if Penny was meant to be a military android. Sure, making friends could be part of her infiltration programming or something like that, but you can't really explain why would she keep running away from those who are giving her orders, especially since there is no logical reason for her to do so.

The only other explanation (without making Penny sentient) could be that her creator/father didn't intent to make her a military android and was just trying to create "a perfet daughter" for himself and therefore gave Penny more "free will" and didn't program her to follow the every order the military people would give her (probably out of spite).

My point is, Penny running away and befriending with Ruby might be a proof that Penny has an ability to do things that are against her programming which in turn could be a proof that she is indeed sentient. But as I said, we don't if "making friends" and "going against the orders" is in her programming so we're still in square one....