Is Google’s LaMDA conscious? A philosopher's view
- Written by Benjamin Curtis, Senior Lecturer in Philosophy and Ethics, Nottingham Trent University
LaMDA is Google’s latest artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot. Blake Lemoine, a Google AI engineer, has claimed it is sentient. He’s been put on leave after publishing his conversations with LaMDA.
If Lemoine’s claims are true, it would be a milestone in the history of humankind and technological development.
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