as in aware
having specified facts or feelings actively impressed on the mind
sentient of the danger posed by the approaching hurricane
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The 2000s started a cycle of movies, Goldstein noted, featuring sentient, anti-human AI characters from Colossus: The Forbin Project to Westworld, The Terminator and Blade Runner.
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Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 3 Jan. 2025
Goosebumps has had the actor immerse himself in a menacing world teaming with grisly disappearances, murderously sentient plant life, and unspeakable family tragedy.
—Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 2 Jan. 2025
The most lively contributions come from the non-human characters, particularly a flying monkey voiced by Zach Braff and a fragile, sentient doll voiced by Joey King.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 25 Nov. 2024
People started to really zero in on using non-human sentient agents for problems like climate change.
—John Werner, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
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Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 3 Jan. 2025
Goosebumps has had the actor immerse himself in a menacing world teaming with grisly disappearances, murderously sentient plant life, and unspeakable family tragedy.
—Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 2 Jan. 2025
The most lively contributions come from the non-human characters, particularly a flying monkey voiced by Zach Braff and a fragile, sentient doll voiced by Joey King.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 25 Nov. 2024
People started to really zero in on using non-human sentient agents for problems like climate change.
—John Werner, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
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“Sentient.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sentient. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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