# Back to sentience

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-sentience/1033450>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Tags:** ai\
**Created:** [September 28, 2026, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-sentience/1033450 "2026-09-28T15:41:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2026, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-sentience/1033450/101 "2026-10-14T00:45:05Z")

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I use Claude for those sorts of “discussions” - like the modularity and separability of the components of self bit that I had shared up thread for example - and _superficially_ it comes off a curious knowledgeable individual bouncing ideas around.

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**Author:** ![vbob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vbob/32/4439_2.png) [@vbob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vbob)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2026, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-sentience/1033450/102 "2026-10-14T00:53:44Z")

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> [@xtenkfarpl](#):
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> To quote Heinlein

One of my favorite bits, so I’m going to be pedantic and quote it as published in ‘The Moon is a Harsh Mistress’

“Is a virus self-aware? Nyet. How about oyster? I doubt it. A cat? Almost certainly. A human? Don’t know about you, tovarishch, but I am.”

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