sentients

If only these so-called sentients, these somnambulistic Vssey, were more like the AAnn!

Sliding Scales Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 2004

While this area lies among the lands of Old Khardnam, it was a place avoided by most humans and sentients until the former slaves of the Twelverisings settled here.

The Codex Continual » Kharndam Guide: Twelvelands 2009

It's extremely well done and I'll never forget the portrayal of these "supposedly less than human" sentients and their struggles in bondage.

REVIEW: The Rediscovery of Man by Cordwainer Smith 2009

Second, I think the most plausible versions of utilitarianism frame themselves as theories of how to treat people (or sentients) equally, and this conception is a big part of their intuitive appeal.

Vegan Envy 2009

Then I imagine it wants to explore the universe, contact other sentients, swap ideas and information.

Critical Thinking Exercise 2010

There are uneducated sentients who nonetheless are wise, men of great education and training who are truly humble, and talking trees of a like you have not seen before.

MIND MELD: Members of Book View Cafe Reveal Their Favorite Books 2009

But these next-gen sentients won't wander in from Africa, as the gracile Cro-Magnons did: They'll roll through the doors of artificial intelligence labs.

Seth Shostak: Today Jeopardy, Tomorrow the World Seth Shostak 2011

If that happens, these artificial sentients will quickly leave us behind.

Alien life – but not as we know it 2010

Rather, these sophisticated sentients start miniaturizing their technology, eventually uploading their minds into some sort of microelectronic computer, at which point colonizing star systems will seem as tempting as oxcart travel.

Seth Shostak: Where Are the Aliens? Fermi Paradox Redux Seth Shostak 2010

That suggests that these alpha male sentients might repair to regions of high energy density, for instance the center of the Galaxy.

Searching for aliens 2010