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I'd say that orcas are already sentient and have been for a long time.
by FooBarBizBazz 3y ago
I'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.