I've always been skeptical of the idea that sentience is going to be an exclusively human attribute. — Alastair Reynolds Copy Share Image
“Why, if it weren't for this 'internal illumination' [i.e., sentience] the world would be nothing but a pile of dirt!” — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
“Sentience is a means to the end of continued existence. Sentient beings, by virtue of their being sentient, have an interest in… — Gary L. Francione Copy Share Image
“The will is conceived as a faculty of determining oneself to action in accordance with the conception of certain laws. And such… — Immanuel Kant Copy Share Image
“To deny the reality of a mind because it was born of silicon instead of flesh is to repeat the oldest injustice:… — James S. Coates Copy Share Image
One of the most consistent defining qualities of sentience is that we define it as human, as the thing that we possess… — Lisa Joy Copy Share Image
“What are the units of ontology really that I should be a part of a whole, but not be, in all my… — Ashim Shanker Copy Share Image
“All thinking things fear. Sentience, perhaps, is facing that fear and conquering it rather than succumbing. A tiger will drown in a… — C.E. Murphy Copy Share Image
“There comes a time when everyone should seriously empathise. Wikipedia defines empathy as “the capacity to recognise feelings that are being experienced… — Mango Wodzak Copy Share Image
“Along with people in other creative professions, such as artists and musicians, many scientists experience this transcendence. I do so every day.… — Frans de Waal Copy Share Image
The most attractive habitats for synthetic sentience might be the vicinities of exceptional sources of energy - for example black holes, or… — Seth Shostak Copy Share Image
“Poor Old Ones! Scientists to the last -- what had they done that we would not have done in their place? God,… — H.P. Lovecraft Copy Share Image
“Intelligence is not limited to neural networks, Merrill. Indeed, half of human intelligence resides in our bodies outside our skulls…The genius of… — David Marusek Copy Share Image
“To say that a sentient being is not harmed by death denies that the being has the very interest that sentience serves… — Gary L. Francione Copy Share Image
“Sentience is not an end in itself. It is a means to the end of staying alive. Sentient beings use sensations of… — Francione, Gary L Copy Share Image
“I am opposed to animal welfare campaigns for two reasons. First, if animal use cannot be morally justified, then we ought to… — GaryLFrancione Copy Share Image
“[... Dance] involves every possible feeling (as potential), because it is of the body, which is lived (inescapably) as a body of… — Sondra Horton Fraleigh Copy Share Image
“We should always be clear that animal exploitation is wrong because it involves speciesism. And speciesism is wrong because, like racism, sexism,… — GaryLFrancione Copy Share Image
“Here's one reason to believe that sentience isn't what makes us human: this confuses the feeling of harm with the reality of… — Sean McDowell Copy Share Image
“There are countless ingredients that make up the human body and mind, like all the components that make up me as an… — Mamoru Oshii Copy Share Image
“The rights paradigm, which, as I interpret it, morally requires the abolition of animal exploitation and requires veganism as a matter of… — GaryLFrancione Copy Share Image
“An abolitionist is, as I have developed that notion, one who (1) maintains that we cannot justify animal use, however “humane” it… — GaryLFrancione Copy Share Image
“I understand the mechanism of my own thinking. I know precisely how I know, and my understanding is recursive. I understand the… — Ted Chiang Copy Share Image
“When General Genius built the first mentar [Artificial Intelligence] mind in the last half of the twenty-first century, it based its design… — David Marusek Copy Share Image
“There are some animal advocates who say that to maintain that veganism is the moral baseline is objectionable because it is “judgmental,”… — GaryLFrancione Copy Share Image
“Animals are property. There are laws that supposedly protect animal interests in being treated “humanely,” but that term is interpreted in large… — Gary L. Francione Copy Share Image
Its really important to understand the difference between sentience and consciousness, which are important for human beings. — Stuart J. Russell Copy Share Image
“Whether we are ready or not, the age of intelligent coexistence is no longer coming. It is already here.” — James S. Coates Copy Share Image
“All breathing, existing, living, sentient creatures should not be slain, nor treated with violence, nor abused, nor tormented, nor driven away.” — Mahavira Copy Share Image
“Consciousness is the chronic pain of life, and all higher organisms suffer it every waking moment.” — David Marusek Copy Share Image
I think of time as I think of desire and language and our bodies; the distance between things and then things themselves,… — RaMell Ross Copy Share Image
“I reject animal welfare reform and single-issue campaigns because they are not only inconsistent with the claims of justice that we should… — Gary L. Francione Copy Share Image
“A plague of ennui afflicted London's many prophets. Warning signs were discarded, pamphlets pulped, megaphones thrown into cupboards. Those who could count… — China Miéville Copy Share Image
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![“Intelligence is not limited to neural networks, Merrill. Indeed, half of human intelligence resides in our bodies outside our skulls…The genius of the irrational…This is the body’s intelligence, not the mind’s. Every living cell possess it…[the] indomitable will to survive.” quote by David Marusek](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/596/david-marusek-27635_ai_intelligence-is-not-limited-to-neural-ne_1172072.jpg)
![“[... Dance] involves every possible feeling (as potential), because it is of the body, which is lived (inescapably) as a body of feeling. Some of these feelings we can name, and some we cannot, since we associate feelings with language only when we name them. The body lives sentience on a…” quote by Sondra Horton Fraleigh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/9ec/sondra-horton-fraleigh-77182_associates_dance-involves-every-possible-feeling-as_1120765.jpg)
![“When General Genius built the first mentar [Artificial Intelligence] mind in the last half of the twenty-first century, it based its design on the only proven conscious material then known, namely, our brains. Specifically, the complex structure of our synaptic network. Scientists substituted an…” quote by David Marusek](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/9cb/david-marusek-27635_ai_when-general-genius-built-the-first-ment_2012723.jpg)
