sapient

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Research also finds that feline characteristics may have rubbed off on their homo sapient counterparts.

From Salon • Oct. 26, 2022

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

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

From Salon • Jun. 17, 2012

It occurred to no one of the sapient correspondents that such perfumes did, no doubt, recall to the poor imprisoned animals the intense fragrance of the flowers in their own jungles and tropical forests.

From Critical Studies by Ouida