sentient

1. (loosely, chiefly science fiction) Possessing human-like awareness and intelligence.Examples: "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."; "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."; "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."Synonyms: sapient, intelligent, sentient, self-aware, sapientbroadly