The concept of being ‘sentient’ is being brought to light more, especially now, where sentience is one of the most defining characteristics of humans, and replicating sentience is now the final frontier of technology. Humans are a dominant species for two reasons. Firstly, we are smart and are physically capable of having novel ideas and executing them. Throughout history, people have worked really hard to replicate, and even improve, this part of our existence. Industrial factories are much better at assembling things. Calculators are much better at computing things than us. And the leading reasoning models are a lot better at competitive math than (most of) us. And this is actually the second reason why humans have been dominant— our ability to actively think about how to be better. Being sentient is realizing that you have this level of control over outcomes in your life, as opposed to accepting your physical limitations and just ‘going with the flow.’ Drastic, positive change ...
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