
These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'sentient.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors.

It defines sentience as the relationship between the information processing rate (bit/s) of each individual processing unit (neuron), the weight/size of a single unit and the total number of processing units (expressed as mass).

The diaries are a hoot, theres always some funny observation, but the other entries are just skimmed out of the conversation and as often as not completely the opposite of what was actually. The sentience quotient concept was introduced by Robert A. Nitasha Tiku, Anchorage Daily News, 12 June 2022 Lemoine presented evidence to Google that the bot was sentient, but his claims were refuted by Google Vice President Blaise Aguera y Arcas and Jen Gennai, head of responsible innovation for the company.Įrin Prater, Fortune, 12 June 2022 See More Ask your AI to define sentience and youll get something like 'the ability to be self aware'. Ivanova, Ars Technica, 27 June 2022 Lemoine worked with a collaborator to present evidence to Google that LaMDA was sentient. Karen Hao And Miles Kruppa, WSJ, 29 June 2022 This event and the subsequent media coverage led to a number of rightly skeptical articles and posts about the claim that computational models of human language are sentient, meaning capable of thinking and feeling and experiencing. Demonstrating objectively what animals are capable of is key to achieving a positive change in attitudes and actions towards animals, and a real, sustainable difference for animal welfare. Nitasha Tiku, Anchorage Daily News, 12 June 2022 After its engineer’s recent claims, Google pushed back on the notion that its chatbot is sentient. The science of animal sentience underpins the entire animal welfare movement. Leonardo De Cosmo, Scientific American, 12 July 2022 And then there was the recent news about AI at Google being sentient.Īrun Shastri, Forbes, 26 June 2022 Lemoine worked with a collaborator to present evidence to Google that LaMDA was sentient.

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WSJ, 19 July 2022 These led him to ask if the software program is sentient. Recent Examples on the Web Abstract arguments about whether AI are sentient ignore the real impact artificial intelligence has on society.
