I read it as meaning sapience in the sense you describe, although in a somewhat deliberately vague way.
I did a little dive into the meaning of “sapience” and “sentience” recently. Both are used in a variety of ways; their etymological roots are vague, so they don’t quite have a proper meaning.
It seems more common to use:
Sentience for feeling or having phenomenal consciousness. It is usually identical to being a moral patient of some sort.
Sapience for thinking, usually intellectual self-awareness and reflective cognition. I wrote a piece on this sense and why it’s an important threshold for AGI cognition: Sapience, understanding, and “AGI”
I think these are two valuable terms to have so I endorse using them this way.
I read it as meaning sapience in the sense you describe, although in a somewhat deliberately vague way.
I did a little dive into the meaning of “sapience” and “sentience” recently. Both are used in a variety of ways; their etymological roots are vague, so they don’t quite have a proper meaning.
It seems more common to use:
Sentience for feeling or having phenomenal consciousness. It is usually identical to being a moral patient of some sort.
Sapience for thinking, usually intellectual self-awareness and reflective cognition. I wrote a piece on this sense and why it’s an important threshold for AGI cognition: Sapience, understanding, and “AGI”
I think these are two valuable terms to have so I endorse using them this way.