Talk:Story and History/@comment-16584725-20140221145932/@comment-16584725-20140226222219

I presume it's response to the second paragraph?

What you wrote might be a proper classification of those terms but in common use, word 'sentient' usually describes something which is not human but still behaves with clear purpose while showing some level of intelligence with ability to learn and adapt. Artificial intelligence, for example. Even thou in most of the cases word 'sentient' is improper, it's still used as a wrapping word for other expressions in the same category.