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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

“Send him to the control room. We’ll want a sentient being there to monitor things and, as I understand it, he used to work there.”

From "Divergent" by Veronica Roth




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