What are the pros & cons of being alive, and of being a sentient robot?

What are the philosophical differences between robots and life?
What do animals have exactly, that robots don’t have, that gives them sentient?
“gives them sentient.”
I meant “gives them sentience.”

Could Robots be Alive?

This is just something I’ve been thinking about and I wanted to put it out there. It could be relevant in the near future with improvements in robotics technology.

What are the pros & cons of being alive vs. being a sentient robot?

Also, what exactly do animals have that makes them sentient, that logical robots don’t have?
Also, what are some other philosophical differences between living beings and robots?

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Animal? Robot? Is Gordon alive?

I love robots, I really do. This is Gordon.
http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/Science-Fi…
He’s a robot with rat cells for a brain.
Is he alive?
At what point of hybridism does something turn into robot with rat brain, and rat with robot appendages?
Is he alive?
He has a working, natural brain.
What makes him different to a person that has prosthesis for all limbs?
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Are most animals actually self-aware of themselves? Are fruit flies aware that they are alive, and could die?

Human beings are self-aware creatures. They are aware of their consciousness and know that they are living and could die at any moment. However, I am curious as to whether or not other animals behave this way as well? I am not sure, but I think that human beings are self-aware because the brain is [...]