Can an AI bot convince you that it's sentient?
The Story28 Jun 2022

Can an AI bot convince you that it's sentient?

Google engineer Blake Lemoine brought an unusual concern to his company earlier this month: he feared the AI language program he was working with had gained sentience. Even if he's wrong (and Google certainly thinks he is) -- is the fact that an AI bot can imitate sentience so convincingly reason enough to be worried?

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