SENTIENCE - Chapter Three - Long Fall
#4 of sentience - a first contact story a trillion-dollar robot suffers a fall, and she can't get back up. the circularization burn was successful. we were in a polar orbit, designed to help us image and scan all of the planet's surface as it rotated.
A Natural Civilization, Chapter 4: Revelation
He'd at first been nervous about performing such an act, because it carried with it the risk of losing his own memories or a portion of his sentience.
Revenge
"it won't be long now", the old man said, "and as your sentience fades so your lust will grow, and you will both remain in full blown estrus and rut, never able to entirely satisfy that horrible lust.
Inside the Chinese Room
Speech recognized: user #0003: "i know, it's just that the turing test is still considered the standard for determining sentience. how about you? [vicki indicated] do you feel up to this?" calculating responses: "of course."
Homecoming
With the huge amounts of computer equipment stacked round the place, along with the automated systems and so on, someone had to make sure the roof didn't leak, or the dust bunnies weren't reaching sentience.
Misfortune's Call Ch1: Stolen
Humans that lived in the northern union gained respect for each other in that area, but still didn't quite consider sentience to be a trait of the animal-like humanoids that were starting to become more and more common in that country.
Swoleverse: Manual
Some individuals though are born with certain superpowers that the 'universe' gave them, that comes in the form of the 'swole spark', spiritual entities of varying sentience that represents one of the natural elements of the world, although there have been
(ZOO) Skål
He chuckled, before her sticky tail swatted at his testicles, then he grunted and humped her five times in fast succession, before another orgasm crushed sentience from her mind and he grunted – his semen flooding her willing, receptive womb and passage again
Broken Things - Chapter Three -
"sentience is a bad thing?" "no, not at all!" sheppy exclaimed, lifting the synth's head up to gaze into those electronic eyes. "no, this is a _very_good thing!
Slave as an Identity
And the laws eventually caught up with these changes, where they provided means by which one could renounce their freedom by declaring to a magistrate that they were a slave... or even denouncing their sentience by declaring they were a pet.
Remembering Dasher Cheetah ... Some Thoughts We Shared about 7 Years Ago ...
Then of course, sentience doesn't necessarily imply friendly, and that's a whole other can of worms.
1.3 - Leave the Light On
As we approached sentience, our emotions remained primal, almost brutish. we needed to be tough and selfish to survive in such a place." "even without natural predators?" "the weather was our predator.