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Sophonts > Modosophonts > Aioids and Sophtware
Sophonts > Transapients > Animin
Sophonts > Modosophonts > Bionoid
Sophonts > Transapients > Hyperturing
Sophonts > Xenosophonts > J'Ta'ush
Sophonts > Modosophonts > Neumann
Sophonts > Modosophonts > Parasapient A-life
Sophonts > Modosophonts > Sapient Structures
Sophonts > Modosophonts > Sophont Ships
Sophonts > Modosophonts > Sybont
Sophonts > Modosophonts > Vec
Sophonts > Modosophonts > Virtuals

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(as used here) generic term for any sophont of a non-biological nature [noun]

Artificials- Data Panel
Definition	Category consisting of all created or manufactured inorganic sapients
Toposophic Level	sapient and above
Categories	very varied category including vecs, bots, neumanns, synthetic humans, sentient ships, sapient structures, uploads and assorted aioids
Origin	Terragen, Xenosophont
Distribution	found in The Sephirotics, Perseus Princes, the Deeper Covenant, the Objectivist Commonwealth, the Shadow Federation and among several xenosophont empires, as well as in most regions outside the civilizations
Est. Population	about 1300 trillion in the Sephirotic polities alone, more beyond.
Legal Status	All are in theory allowed full sentient rights throughout the civilized galaxy. In practice this differs, especially for beings who are owned by transapients or above that do not conform to the standards of the Civilized Galaxy
Environmental Requirements	Generally broad tolerance to temperature, atmosphere etc, but may be susceptible to damage by hard radiation, corrosive atmospheres (oxygen, chlorine, etc) and (in the case of electronic circuitry) EMP pulse and HERF
Body	inorganic / mechanical / nanocollective / software
Subjective experience of time	generally fast to very fast, although many artificials can volitionally switch between slow and fast to communicate with bionts, or may deactivate for prolonged periods at will

The term 'Artificial' was coined early in the Interplanetary age to describe robots of any description, but particularly those with a vaguely humanoid form. Later the term was extended to cover any intelligent, non-biont entity. The term and various derivatives is still widely used in various languages in the Anglic family, particularly amongst biochauvinist movements of various kinds.