sophont
sophont · sophonts
An intelligent being; a being with a base reasoning capacity roughly equivalent to or…An intelligent being; a being with a base reasoning capacity roughly equivalent to or greater than that of a human being. The word does not apply to machines unless they have true artificial intelligence, rather than mere processing capacity.
US/ˈsoʊfɑnt/
Meaning
1 sensesAn intelligent being; a being with a base reasoning capacity roughly equivalent to or greater than that of a human being. The word does not apply to machines unless they have true artificial intelligence, rather than mere processing capacity.
Origin
From sopho- + -ont. First used in the 1966 works by Poul Anderson, coined by his wife KareFrom sopho- + -ont. First used in the 1966 works by Poul Anderson, coined by his wife Karen Anderson.
Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source