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sapient

[sey-pee-uhnt] / ˈseɪ pi ənt /


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In the game, she says, all of the human characters have different ideas about how sapient AIs are, and how they should be treated.

From The Verge • Feb. 1, 2019

Aphra says things like: well, eventually humanity’s going to be extinct and there will be a race of sapient beetle people living here instead, so really my problems aren’t all that important.

From The Verge • Sep. 15, 2017

Well, there are still plenty of ways that some promising sapient species might rise up, looking skyward with high hopes, and yet — even so — fail to achieve its potential.

From Salon • Jun. 17, 2012

Some “filter” may winnow the number of sapient races, low enough to explain our apparent isolation.

From Salon • Jun. 17, 2012

How am I wrong, most sapient and debonair of Galens?”

From Tales from Blackwood Volume 8 by Various




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