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  2. Animal consciousness - Wikipedia

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    Animal consciousness, or animal awareness, is the quality or state of self-awareness within an animal, or of being aware of an external object or something within itself. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] In humans, consciousness has been defined as: sentience , awareness , subjectivity , qualia , the ability to experience or to feel , wakefulness , having a sense ...

  3. Scientists push new paradigm of animal consciousness ... - AOL

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    A surprising range of creatures have shown evidence of conscious thought or experience, including insects, fish and some crustaceans. ... There is not a standard definition for animal sentience or ...

  4. Sentience - Wikipedia

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    Determining which animals can experience sensations is challenging, but scientists generally agree that vertebrates, as well as many invertebrate species, are likely sentient. [1] [2] Sentience is the ability to experience feelings and sensations. [3]

  5. Jonathan Birch (philosopher) - Wikipedia

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    In 2021, he was the Principal Investigator of a review that led the UK to recognize cephalopods and decapod crustaceans as sentient. [3] In 2024, he published the book The Edge of Sentience, which examines the concept of sentience, whether artificial intelligence or animals like insects may be sentient, and how to handle the uncertainty. [4]

  6. Plans must be made for the welfare of sentient AI, animal ...

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    Computer scientists need to grapple with the possibility they will accidentally create sentient artificial intelligence (AI) — and to plan for those systems’ welfare, a new study argues.

  7. Trans-species psychology - Wikipedia

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    Recognition that non-human animals experience a subjective life similar to humans compels laws and practices to be upheld that provide animals protection comparable to humans. [26] As Bradshaw and Watkins (2006, p. 13) write, "The trans-species psyche views both animal and human psyches as subjects of psychology's commitment to healing and care.

  8. Researchers document huge drop in African elephants in a half ...

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    African elephants are Earth's largest land animals, remarkable mammals that are very intelligent and highly social. Fresh evidence of this comes in a study that documents alarming population ...

  9. Pain in crustaceans - Wikipedia

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    Based on this evidence, they placed all decapod crustaceans into the same category of research-animal protection as vertebrates. In 2021, following a review, [ 83 ] the United Kingdom officially recognized decapod crustaceans and cephalopods as sentient beings capable of experiencing pain.