They may not be walking, talking, human-like sentient beings, but they are clever.

他们可能不会走路，不会说话，不会像人类一样有感情，但他们很聪明。

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If there are sentient beings out there, the signals will reach them.

如果有那里有着它们的有情众生，信号将会传送给它们。

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Animals are sentient beings who deserve our respect and our compassion.

动物是有知觉的生灵，值得我们给予尊敬和同情。

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when Steven Spielberg tried to get us to entertain the notion that computers and robots are sentient moral beings he did not show us one that looked like this .

当史蒂芬斯皮尔伯格,想让我们认为,电脑和机器人是有感情有道德的,他没有让我们看到这个。

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Tibetan Buddhism, in particular, is centered on compassion toward all sentient beings and prohibition of murder, suicide included.

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But we are thinking, independent, sentient beings, so why not just back off and let us make our own decisions?

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As the continent fell into a sovereign debt crisis, just as one example, they raised interest rates, not normally what you would expect sentient beings to do.

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