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#Sentient means the system itself learns to assign a its own values (i.e. "good" or "bad") to inputs. LLM models may be exploited to assign those words to inputs but doing so doesn't exhibit the system has those values.

A thermostat or a LLM isn't sentient, but is classifying inputs as it was built to. All the macrofauna seem to be sapient. If smaller animals seem less than sapient it may be due to the frantic nature of life at that scale, but if the creature can be taught to respond to unfamiliar stimuli to find food or avoid pain in a maze, then perhaps that's a demonstration of sentience.

Sapience requires, I think, being able to run a maze composed of society. You need problem solving, a theory of mind to understand the motivation of others with similar brains, and the setting and intelligent pursuit of strategic goals. I would set that bar so high, not all U.S. Presidents would qualify.

N-gated Hacker News Apr 26

🤖✨ "Wow, who would've thought that turning your #software into a chaotic #community of 'agents' would be the next big innovation! Why work with real people when you can pretend your #code is suddenly #sentient and full of opinions? Maybe we'll all have #AI co-pilots snarkily commenting on our coding skills next! 🙄💻"
https://www.feldera.com/blog/ai-agents-arent-coworkers-embed-them-in-your-software #Innovation #Development #Tech #HackerNews #ngated

Agents Aren’t Coworkers, Embed Them in Your Software

This post argues for AI agents designed with the right software patterns so they can react to change, make progress in the background, and stay out of the way.

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NEVERMORE Shares Official “Sentient 6” And “Dead Heart In A Dead World” Live Videos From Istanbul

https://bravewords.com/news/nevermore-shares-official-sentient-6-and-dead-heart-in-a-dead-world-live-videos-from-istanbul/

#NEVERMORE #SharesOfficial #Sentient #video #lineup #guitarist #vocalist #bassist #BraveWords #metal #music

Fundacja "W Imię Zwierząt"Apr 22

Dziś Dzień Ziemi 🌍

To dobry moment, żeby przypomnieć sobie, że nie jesteśmy na tej planecie sami. Zwierzęta inne niż człowiek nie są zasobem, produktem ani narzędziem do realizacji ludzkich potrzeb. To czujące istoty, które - tak samo jak my - chcą żyć, unikać cierpienia i czuć się bezpiecznie.

A jednak to właśnie działalność człowieka odbiera im te podstawowe prawa. Przemysłowa hodowla zwierząt niszcząca środowisko (zaczynając od zanieczyszczania wód, a kończąc na deforestacji) sprawia, że dziesiątki miliardów zwierząt lądowych oraz niepoliczalne ilości zwierząt wodnych każdego roku przetrzymywane są w warunkach, które trudno nazwać czymkolwiek innym niż systemowym okrucieństwem. Cel jest jeden - śmierć. A wszystko po to, by zaspokoić ludzkie zachcianki.

Dzień Ziemi to nie tylko symboliczna data. To przypomnienie, że nasze codzienne wybory mają realne konsekwencje. Każda decyzja - co jemy, co kupujemy, jak żyjemy - może albo pogłębiać cierpienie, albo je ograniczać.

Możemy być częścią problemu. Albo częścią zmiany. Go Vegan!

#wimięzwierząt #earthDay #dzieńziemi #sentient

Knowledge Zone Mar 31

#ITByte: Sentient AI is a term that refers to AI technologies that can process emotions and perceive the world like humans. An #ArtificialIntelligence must be able to think, perceive, and feel in order to be considered truly #Sentient.

There are several tests to check #ArtificialIntelligence that can mimic human behavour.

https://knowledgezone.co.in/posts/Sentient-AI-62a853ee5b54d4da507941db

N-gated Hacker News Mar 27

🤖🎓 Oh sure, #blame the almighty #AI for everything, including #school bombings now. Because, clearly, a #sentient algorithm is sitting in a dark room plotting its next move on the geopolitical chessboard. 🙄 Meanwhile, the "real" problem is as elusive as The Guardian's endless scroll. 📰👉🔄
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2026/mar/26/ai-got-the-blame-for-the-iran-school-bombing-the-truth-is-far-more-worrying #Violence #Algorithms #Media #Critique #HackerNews #ngated

AI got the blame for the Iran school bombing. The truth is far more worrying

LLMs-gone-rogue dominated coverage, but had nothing to do with the targeting. Instead, it was choices made by human beings, over many years, that gave us this atrocity

The Guardian

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NEVERMORE Shares “Sentient 6” Audition Video From New Vocalist BERZAN ÖNEN

https://bravewords.com/news/nevermore-shares-sentient-6-audition-video-from-new-vocalist-berzan-onen/

#NEVERMORE #BERZAN #Shares #Sentient #heavymetal #video #vocalist #BraveWords #metal #music

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NEVERMORE Shares 'Sentient 6' Audition Video From New Singer BERZAN ÖNEN

https://blabbermouth.net/news/nevermore-shares-sentient-6-audition-video-from-new-singer-berzan-onen

#NEVERMORE #BERZAN #Shares #Sentient #video #drummer #guitarist #vocalist #Blabbermouth #metal #music

Curt Johnson - Indie Genius Feb 1

Movie TV Tech Geeks #MovieReviews #Sentient #Documentary 'Sentient' Review: A Hypocritical and Manipulative Animal Testing Doc That Has No Easy Answers http://dlvr.it/TQhYbk

beSpacific Jan 20

Meet Veronika, the tool-using cow. Veronika uses sticks to scratch herself, suggesting scientists have underestimated cow #cognition....so animals are #sentient, and use #tools, and have #emotions - feel #loss, #pain, #empathy.....well....yes - evidence available for generations, but really we are still at the point where articles like this one are touted as so startling. Humans have so much to be ashamed for with the lack of #animalrights just 1 of my top 10 hits. https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/01/meet-veronika-the-tool-using-cow/

Meet Veronika, the tool-using cow

Veronika uses sticks to scratch herself, suggesting scientists have underestimated cow cognition.

Ars Technica