What Is Sentience?

In the future we may encounter or create minds equal to our own, smarter, or somewhere in the gap between human and animal. And yet we still barely understand what concepts like intelligence and sentience truly are. Get a free month of Curiosity Stream: https://curiositystream.com/isaacarthur Watch the Video Version: https://youtu.be/lEw1KYPCLNQ Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/IsaacArthur Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1583992725237264/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/IsaacArthur/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Isaac_A_Arthur on Twitter and RT our future content. SFIA Discord Server: https://discord.gg/53GAShE Credits: What is Sentience? Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur Episode 283, March 25, 2021 Produced & Narrated by Isaac Arthur Writers: Isaac Arthur Jerry Guern Editors: Darius Said Jason Burbank Matthew Campbell S. Kopperud Cover Art: Jakub Grygier https://www.artstation.com/jakub_grygier Graphics: Jeremy Jozwik Music by : Miguel Johnson, "Far from home" Reign Pagaran, " Distant Voyager" Aerium, "Fifth Star of Aldebaran" Stellardrone, " An Ocean of Galaxies" Epic Mountain, "Space Travel"