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sentience

[sen-shuhns] / ˈsɛn ʃəns /




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All this sequel had to be was a Nine Inch Nails-scored mood, but pre-chewed ideas about sentience and AI, coupled with a nonsensical plot, turn it into a chore.

From Los Angeles Times

Humans are constantly revising their assessments of other beings’ intelligence while arrogantly presuming our superior sentience, with the world’s billionaires placing themselves above everyone else.

From Salon

“Claims around consciousness and sentience are a tactic to sell you on AI,” Bender and Hanna write.

From Los Angeles Times

Considering what most of us have done with our sentience, making room for it on the couch seems as probable as anything else.

From Salon

A new area of research, which I recently reported on for Scientific American, explores whether the capacity for pain could serve as a benchmark for detecting sentience, or self-awareness, in AI.

From Salon