sentient

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One U.S. computer scientist, Stephen Thaler of Missouri, has maintained that his AI programs are sentient and should be legally recognized as the creators of artwork and inventions that they generated.

From Reuters

Last year, one of your engineers came forward to say that he believed LaMDA, this precursor to Bard, was sentient.

From New York Times

I then asked the chatbots to summarize a meeting to handle a fictional public relations crisis in which users of my A.I. start-up’s technology believed that the bot had become sentient.

From New York Times

In her dissent, Sotomayor said lethal drugs can mask intense pain by paralyzing inmates while they are still sentient.

From Seattle Times

Why we continue to tolerate killing sentient beings for fashion is beyond me.

From Los Angeles Times