Meaning of sentient | Babel Free

Definitions

1. sensitive
2. Experiencing sensation, thought, or feeling.
3. Able to consciously perceive through the use of sense faculties.
4. responsive
5. Possessing human-like awareness and intelligence.
   broadly

Equivalents

Examples

“Consider⟳ fish⟳, who are apparently sentient yet cognitively extremely primitive in comparison with humans.”

“Obviously, other morally relevant considerations would apply⟳ to the case of a sentient fetus, as by acquiring sentience it acquires interests and moral status.”

“While I had heard such talk⟳ before, I had always felt that sentient robots were in the realm of science fiction. But now, from someone I respected [Ray Kurzweil], I was hearing a strong argument that they were a near-term possibility.”

“Not even a microbe? I don't want⟳ to blow⟳ up something that could evolve into a sentient species in a couple of billion years.”

“[Blake] Lemoine has been placed on “paid administrative leave⟳” after publishing a transcript of conversations with LaMDA which he claims support⟳ his belief that the chatbot is sentient and comparable to a seven- or eight-year-old child. […] While Lemoine no doubt⟳ genuinely believes his claims, LaMDA is likely to be as sentient as a traffic light⟳.”

“After more than 25 years as an artificial intelligence researcher[…]Dr. Goertzel knew he had finally reached the end⟳ goal: Desdemona, a machine he had built, was sentient. But a few minutes later, he realized this was nonsense.”

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