sentient en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈsɛn.ʃənt/ (US)
- /ˈsɛn.ʃi.ənt/ (US)
- /ˈsɛn.ti.ənt/ (UK)
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
From Latin sentiēns (“feeling, perceiving”), present active participle of sentiō.
Meanings
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Experiencing sensation, thought, or feeling.
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.
- Able to consciously perceive through the use of sense faculties.
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(broadly) Possessing human-like awareness and intelligence.
[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.
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: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.
2000 April 14, Bill Joy, “Why the Future Doesn't Need Us”, in Wired: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.
2022 August 5, Cade Metz, “A.I. Is Not Sentient. Why Do People Say It Is?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN: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.
2002, André Bormanis, “Silent Enemy”, in Star Trek: Enterprise, season 1, episode 12, spoken by Jonathan Archer:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most sentient | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more sentient | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Coordinates
Deriveds
presentient · cosentient · insentient · omnisentient · pseudosentient · semisentient · nonsentient · sentiently · unsentient · hypersentient
Relateds
Synonyms
sensate · sentient · aware · sapient · intelligent · aware · self-aware · sapient
Translations (57)
es sentiente (DPD, Fundéu) (able to consciously perceive through the use of sense faculties) · bg съзнателен (able to consciously perceive through the use of sense faculties) · cs vnímající (experiencing sensation, perceiving, thinking, or feeling) · ja 感覚力のある (experiencing sensation, perceiving, thinking, or feeling) · es sensible (experiencing sensation, perceiving, thinking, or feeling) · it senziente (experiencing sensation, perceiving, thinking, or feeling) · ja 敏感な (able to consciously perceive through the use of sense faculties) · ja 知覚する (experiencing sensation, perceiving, thinking, or feeling) · es sintiente (experiencing sensation, perceiving, thinking, or feeling) · el αισθητηριοσυνειδησιακός (experiencing sensation, perceiving, thinking, or feeling) · ro conștient (experiencing sensation, perceiving, thinking, or feeling) · ru разу́мный (science fiction: possessing human-like awareness, knowledge and intelligence) · cs cítící (experiencing sensation, perceiving, thinking, or feeling) · hy զգայուն (experiencing sensation, perceiving, thinking, or feeling) · bg усещащ (experiencing sensation, perceiving, thinking, or feeling) · es consciente (able to consciously perceive through the use of sense faculties) · ja 敏感な (experiencing sensation, perceiving, thinking, or feeling) · ja 感覚を持つ (able to consciously perceive through the use of sense faculties) · pt senciente (experiencing sensation, perceiving, thinking, or feeling) · fi älyllinen (science fiction: possessing human-like awareness, knowledge and intelligence) · ms berperasaan (experiencing sensation, perceiving, thinking, or feeling) · ru созна́тельный (able to consciously perceive through the use of sense faculties) · nl bewust (able to consciously perceive through the use of sense faculties) · fi tunteva (experiencing sensation, perceiving, thinking, or feeling) · ja 意識する (able to consciously perceive through the use of sense faculties) · el αισθητήριος (experiencing sensation, perceiving, thinking, or feeling) · ar حَسَّاس (experiencing sensation, perceiving, thinking, or feeling) · ru чу́вствующий (experiencing sensation, perceiving, thinking, or feeling) · el αισθητηριοσυνειδησιακή (experiencing sensation, perceiving, thinking, or feeling) · cmn 感受的 (experiencing sensation, perceiving, thinking, or feeling) · nb sansende (able to consciously perceive through the use of sense faculties) · fr sensible (experiencing sensation, perceiving, thinking, or feeling) · el ευαίσθητος (able to consciously perceive through the use of sense faculties) · pl przytomny (able to consciously perceive through the use of sense faculties) · fr doué de sensation (experiencing sensation, perceiving, thinking, or feeling) · cs schopný vnímat (able to consciously perceive through the use of sense faculties) · hy բանական (science fiction: possessing human-like awareness, knowledge and intelligence) · es sapiente (science fiction: possessing human-like awareness, knowledge and intelligence) · de fühlend (experiencing sensation, perceiving, thinking, or feeling) · hy գիտակից (able to consciously perceive through the use of sense faculties) · fr sentient (science fiction: possessing human-like awareness, knowledge and intelligence) · es con sentidos (experiencing sensation, perceiving, thinking, or feeling) · nl met gevoel (experiencing sensation, perceiving, thinking, or feeling) · ar عَاقِل (able to consciously perceive through the use of sense faculties) · hy բանականություն ունեցող (science fiction: possessing human-like awareness, knowledge and intelligence) · el αισθητηριοσυνειδησιακό (experiencing sensation, perceiving, thinking, or feeling) · fi tietoinen (able to consciously perceive through the use of sense faculties) · sv kännande (experiencing sensation, perceiving, thinking, or feeling) · es sintiente (able to consciously perceive through the use of sense faculties) · ja 意識する (experiencing sensation, perceiving, thinking, or feeling) · cs vnímavý (able to consciously perceive through the use of sense faculties) · ru ощуща́ющий (experiencing sensation, perceiving, thinking, or feeling) · tl lantad (experiencing sensation, perceiving, thinking, or feeling) · fr conscient (able to consciously perceive through the use of sense faculties) · ru разу́мный (able to consciously perceive through the use of sense faculties) · hu érzó (experiencing sensation, perceiving, thinking, or feeling) · es sentiente (DPD, Fundéu) (experiencing sensation, perceiving, thinking, or feeling)