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No, it's not, cats are not sapient. Sapient-sapient relationships are different than sapient-sentient relationships.
by GeoAtreides 2y ago
No, it's not, cats are not sapient. Sapient-sapient relationships are different than sapient-sentient relationships.
- jaggederest 2y agoWhy are cats not sapient, and for how long will they be non-sapient? What do you think the likelihood that we will uplift cats to sapience is? Is it zero? Ten thousand years is a long time.
- jhbadger 2y agoI like David Brin's novels where humans uplift various primates and cetaceans. Do many other authors do that? It seems uncommon as compared to AI-driven futures.
- jaggederest 2y agoI'm rereading that series lately actually, there have been a few others who riffed on the concept but none as in depth sadly. The best I've read recently were Adrian Tchaikovsky's books, all quite excellent and fairly centered around uplift.
- whimsicalism 2y agothe obvious other recommendation is Adrian Tchaikovsky’s books
- hoseja 2y agoFrom Minds' perspective, you are less sapient than a cat is from human one.