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Any bets on what comes first: sapient AIs or sapient Orcas?
by logicchains 3y ago
Any bets on what comes first: sapient AIs or sapient Orcas?
- FooBarBizBazz 3y agoI'd say that orcas are already sentient and have been for a long time.
- xena 3y agoI'd be willing to argue that "sentient" is a bad word. These creatures are capable of transmitting complicated ideas. That means they have wisdom. This means they are sapient, not sentient. Sentient means they are able to respond to input, but we don't go around and call HTTP servers sentient.
- hombre_fatal 3y agoWe don’t call HTTP servers sentient because that’s not the definition of sentience. Having a subjective experience defines sentience.
- FooBarBizBazz 3y agoThat's a distinction I hadn't paid attention to before. Yeah, it would seem orcas have both -- sentence and sapience. And the sapience is more interesting / less immediately obvious.
- marcosdumay 3y agoWell, sapient orcas came a long time ago, so I guess it's settled.
- Y_Y 3y agoSapient pearwood
- tmtvl 3y agoHave we found wrecks of yachts damaged as though kicked very hard by 1,000 feet?