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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By associating vibes with AI, doing so is an outrageous and shifty means of subliminally implying that AI is mysterious, perhaps bordering on possessing sentience.
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Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 5 May 2025
Some are filled in with another shade of brownish red with faint scratches that give the work the appearance of sentience.
—Yinka Elujoba, Vulture, 25 Apr. 2025
Birch’s team developed eight criteria for sentience and collected research into whether various species met them.
—Shayla Love, The New Yorker, 5 Jan. 2025
But then there’s an inflection point, this moment where the robots in society gain sentience, and that’s what the story hinges on.
—Katie Baron, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025
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Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 5 May 2025
Some are filled in with another shade of brownish red with faint scratches that give the work the appearance of sentience.
—Yinka Elujoba, Vulture, 25 Apr. 2025
Birch’s team developed eight criteria for sentience and collected research into whether various species met them.
—Shayla Love, The New Yorker, 5 Jan. 2025
But then there’s an inflection point, this moment where the robots in society gain sentience, and that’s what the story hinges on.
—Katie Baron, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for sentience
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“Sentience.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sentience. Accessed 27 May. 2025.
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