sentient

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English

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Etymology

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From Latin sentiēns (feeling, perceiving), present active participle of sentiō.

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Adjective

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sentient (comparative more sentient, superlative most sentient)

  1. Experiencing sensation, thought, or feeling.
    Synonym: sensate
  2. Able to consciously perceive through the use of sense faculties.
    Antonym: insensate
  3. (loosely, chiefly science fiction) Possessing human-like awareness and intelligence.
    Synonyms: sapient; see also Thesaurus:self-aware
    • 2002, André Bormanis, “Silent Enemy”, in Star Trek: Enterprise, season 1, episode 12, spoken by Jonathan Archer:
      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.
    • 2022 June 14, Toby Walsh, “Labelling Google’s LaMDA chatbot as sentient is fanciful. But it’s very human to be taken in by machines”, in The Guardian[1]:
      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.
    • 2022 August 5, Cade Metz, “A.I. Is Not Sentient. Why Do People Say It Is?”, in The New York Times[2], →ISSN:
      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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Noun

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sentient (plural sentients)

  1. Lifeform with the capability to feel sensation, such as pain.
  2. (loosely, chiefly science fiction) An intelligent, self-aware being.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:sentient

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 SENTIENT | Pronunciation in English”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), Cambridge University Press, 2020 September 18 (last accessed)

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Latin

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Verb

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sentient

  1. third-person plural future active indicative of sentiō