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[Yugioh] How sentient are the monsters (like toons)?

KaibaCorp's holographic devices show some level of tangibility with the real world (or at least some very, *very* real effects blurring the lines). But it seems that the monsters have some degree of awareness to their surroundings? Particularly toon monsters, which seem incredibly sentient and react accordingly to banter between the duelists. 

This begs the question of how sentient these monsters are? It would take an insane amount of programming and personal design of responsive AI to create what they've created. Also, why do toon monsters seem to exhibit a level of awareness beyond monsters?
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The regular Kaibacorp holograms are not remotely sentient, it's all AI.  The toon monsters react more because it's funnier that way, so Kaiba (or was it Pegasus at that point) made them that way.  Now Shadow Games are a bit different, with the magic in play there the monsters due start to gain some sentience.  In some rare instances, monsters with a deep connection to a duelist can manifest some of their personality into a hologram in a non Shadwo Game, but that almost never happens.