Artificial sentience (sometimes called digital sentience) is the capacity for subjective experience instantiated in artificial minds, such as arising from artificial general intelligence or whole brain emulation.
Harris, Jamie & Jacy Reese Anthis (2021) The moral consideration of artificial entities: a literature review, Science and Engineering Ethics, vol. 27, p. 53.
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