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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

If they are the vanguard of a sentient nonhuman enemy, we don’t have much to fear yet.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026

No, I don’t mean that your children will soon be disciplined by chatbots or diaper-changed by sentient robots.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

I am to be a clean writer, of the most reasonable eye, and present the subject in question like some sentient machine of transcription.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee




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