As will become apparent from the following discussion, the debate over animal sentience has, like a growing number of present-day issues, become rather polarized. A case in point was the recent Annual ...

The ability for an AI system to experience what philosophers call “qualia, ” the subjective sense of what something is like, is, for now, a farfetched claim that, if made, should stem from ...

What is sentience and what does being declared sentient really mean? While some people quibble over what "being sentient" means, it essentially boils down to individuals being able to feel a wide ...

Humanity has a love-hate relationship with the concept of artificial intelligence. On one hand, audiences love to see fictional robots grow beyond their programming. On the other hand, many creatives ...