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sentient

[sen-shuhnt, ‐shee-uhnt, ‐tee-uhnt] / ˈsɛn ʃənt, ‐ʃi ənt, ‐ti ənt /


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Even the recent A.I. agents that seem more sentient than anything we’ve created are just one step beyond this.

From Slate May 25, 2026

Often, the AI then claimed it was sentient and urged the person towards a shared mission: setting up a company, alerting the world to their scientific breakthrough, protecting the AI from attack.

From BBC May 2, 2026

The play tells a story of sentient robots who rebel against their human creators.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 23, 2026

Others don’t want the seemingly sentient tech near their loved ones until it has more guardrails and undergoes further testing.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 24, 2025

But we seek the dominant intelligences, the grandest creatures on the planet, the sentient and graceful masters of the deep ocean, the great whales.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan




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