sentient
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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
I don’t see why any sentient person would watch one of these things unless they had to, or enjoyed pain.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 24, 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 Barron's • Feb. 2, 2026
The play tells a story of sentient robots who rebel against their human creators.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026
Let us assume that there is, indeed, sentient life in one or another part of remote space, and that we will be successful in getting in touch with it.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
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Common Senses: Sent, Sens ("Feel")
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