sentient
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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
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
The play tells a story of sentient robots who rebel against their human creators.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026
Later Yen taught us, ‘After life, the rational soul ascends the dragon; the sentient soul descends the dragon. So in the world there can be no ghosts. This thing must have been a Fox Spirit.’
From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston
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Common Senses: Sent, Sens ("Feel")
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