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
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
Researchers say the way to help humanity escape the Turing Trap is to make sure that chatbots don’t communicate as if they were sentient.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026
Surprisingly, a number of the more sentient residents seem to recognize me at the lunch service.
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
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