sentience
noun
sen·tience
ˈsen(t)-sh(ē-)ən(t)s 
ˈsen-tē-ən(t)s
1
: a sentient quality or state
2
: feeling or sensation as distinguished from perception and thought
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Ultimately, The Wild Robot, tackling perennial subjects like parenting and more contemporary ones like technological sentience, is a movie for the moment that could also only be made in this moment.
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Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Jan. 2025
If an animal seeks out painkillers, or can learn based on associations with painful stimuli, that can suggest sentience.
—Shayla Love, The New Yorker, 5 Jan. 2025
Do realize that once AI hits sentience if that day arrives, all bets are off.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2024
One of the past decade’s biggest megatrends in ecology and biology is the growing consensus that sentience — and intelligence — are far more common than had been believed.
—Saul Elbein, The Hill, 30 Oct. 2024
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Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Jan. 2025
If an animal seeks out painkillers, or can learn based on associations with painful stimuli, that can suggest sentience.
—Shayla Love, The New Yorker, 5 Jan. 2025
Do realize that once AI hits sentience if that day arrives, all bets are off.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2024
One of the past decade’s biggest megatrends in ecology and biology is the growing consensus that sentience — and intelligence — are far more common than had been believed.
—Saul Elbein, The Hill, 30 Oct. 2024
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“Sentience.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sentience. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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