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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

Grace will eventually make an alien friend, a five-limbed spider-shaped sentient rock he names Rocky.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 18, 2026

Is it wrong to assume we’re the only sentient beings?

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 16, 2026

It frightened him that he slept well at nights, that he was still calmed by the scent of orange leaves and the turquoise stillness of the sea, that he was sentient.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie




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