Interest
Proportion of Hacker News items mentioning "sentience" over time.
Mentions
Total number of Hacker News items mentioning "sentience" over time.
Sentience is the ability to experience feelings and sensations. It may not necessarily imply higher cognitive functions such as awareness, reasoning, or complex thought processes. Some theorists define sentience exclusively as the capacity for valenced mental experiences, such as pain and pleasure. Read more on Wikipedia