sapient

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In the game, she says, all of the human characters have different ideas about how sapient AIs are, and how they should be treated.

From The Verge • Feb. 1, 2019

Aphra says things like: well, eventually humanity’s going to be extinct and there will be a race of sapient beetle people living here instead, so really my problems aren’t all that important.

From The Verge • Sep. 15, 2017

Some “filter” may winnow the number of sapient races, low enough to explain our apparent isolation.

From Salon • Jun. 17, 2012

Perhaps some mistake that all sapient races make.

From Salon • Jun. 17, 2012

Friendship's thread already slender Needs a sapient defender— As the lion's tail is tender From so many ruthless twists!

From By Trench and Trail in Song and Story by MacKay, Angus