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fromVulture
8 hours ago

Silent Friend Will Make You Want to Talk to Your Plants

Silent Friend is built around silences and the steady accumulation of human and natural detail, feeling as if it's being told by the tree itself: omniscient, unflinching, yet shot through with an almost alien tenderness.
Film
#cephalopods
Medicine
fromNature
1 week ago

Cephalopods deserve higher welfare standards in research

Cephalopods require enhanced legal protections due to their demonstrated sentience and complex cognitive abilities.
Medicine
fromNature
1 week ago

Cephalopods deserve higher welfare standards in research

Cephalopods require enhanced legal protections due to their demonstrated sentience and complex cognitive abilities.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
3 weeks ago
Artificial intelligence

Readers reply: Should we be polite to voice assistants and AIs?

Politeness towards AI can reinforce positive interactions, but it is not necessary as machines are not sentient beings.
fromFast Company
1 month ago
Artificial intelligence

I met my AI twin-and now I'm in an existential crisis

Sentience is an AI chatbot designed to mimic individual personalities and memories, aiming to create a digital twin for users.
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Psychology
fromPsychology Today
2 months ago

Animal Consciousness: Behavioral Flexibility is Ubiquitous

Consciousness exists across diverse species including insects, demonstrating that humans are not uniquely conscious and behavioral flexibility indicates sentience in nonhuman animals.
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Artificial intelligence
fromBusiness Insider
1 year ago

It's becoming less taboo to talk about AI being 'conscious' if you work in tech

The conversation around AI consciousness and sentience is evolving, with companies like Anthropic now exploring the possibility seriously.
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Philosophy
fromApaonline
7 months ago

"Chidi Kills Janet!" Unpacking Sentience and the Moral Status of AI

Rebooting an advanced AI that has learned and grown raises moral tension because its apparent personhood conflicts with treating it as mere property.
Artificial intelligence
fromVulture
7 months ago

Alien: Earth Recap: Bees Do It

Alien: Earth overtly probes sentience and creator-created dynamics, mixing clumsy exposition with provocative, unsettling imagery and memorable philosophical dialogue.
Philosophy
fromPsychology Today
8 months ago

Granting Rights to Animals Doesn't Undermine Human Rights

Animals can receive legal rights and personhood through a species-membership approach without undermining human equality or rights.
fromThe New Yorker
8 months ago

The Revised Laws of Robotics

A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm, unless that human being did something to really annoy the human being who programmed it.
Artificial intelligence
Arts
fromwww.npr.org
11 months ago

'Murderbot' is the best new comedy of 2025. You read that right.

Murderbot explores themes of autonomy and identity through a comedic lens, while worrying about attracting a wider audience.
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