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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

Researchers say the way to help humanity escape the Turing Trap is to make sure that chatbots don’t communicate as if they were sentient.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

“This marks not just the next chapter, but the next book in SpaceX and xAI’s mission: scaling to make a sentient sun to understand the universe and extend the light of consciousness to the stars!”

From MarketWatch • Feb. 2, 2026

Me: Are we really discussing Google like it’s a sentient being?

From "Odd One Out" by Nic Stone




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