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Don’t unplug your computer! Don’t throw away that smartphone! Just because a Google software engineer whose conclusions have been questioned says a computer program is sentient, meaning it can think and has feelings, doesn’t mean an attack of the cyborgs through your devices is imminent.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Does Google's LaMDA Artificial Intelligence Program Have a Soul?

The future of techno-animism in a world filled with machine intelligence.

Reason

Is Google’s LaMDA conscious? A philosopher's view

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.

The Conversation

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Human-like programs abuse our empathy – even Google engineers aren’t immune

Consumers need transparency about how such systems are used, says professor of linguistics Emily M Bender

The Guardian - UK

Labelling Google’s LaMDA chatbot as sentient is fanciful. But it’s very human to be taken in by machines

We need more safeguards in place to prevent us from mistaking machines for humans

The Guardian - AU

A Google Engineer Says His AI Has Become Sentient, Can Feel Joy And Even Fears ‘Being Turned Off’

A Google engineer was put on leave for violating confidentiality after he published a conversation with a Google AI he claimed was sentient.

Pedestrian.tv

Shona Craven: Is it time for robots to have fundamental rights?

WHAT makes you a person? Is it your brain? Your whole body? Or is it the thoughts in your head and the feelings in your heart?

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Relax, Google’s LaMDA chatbot is nowhere near sentient

Just because you designed a good NPC doesn't make it HAL 9000.

Input

Google engineer says AI bot wants to ‘serve humanity’ but experts dismissive

Blake Lemoine claims of sentience for artificial intelligence bot described as ‘ball of confusion’ by Steven Pinker

The Guardian - US

How does Google’s AI chatbot work – and could it be sentient?

Researcher’s claim about flagship LaMDA project has restarted debate about nature of artificial intelligence

The Guardian - UK

The Standard View: A trade war with Europe is not the answer to the cost of living crisis

The UK economy shrank by a larger than expected 0.3 per cent in April, heightening fears that Britain is headed for recession. City experts had been expecting output to contract by 0.1 per cent, following a similar decline in March.

Evening Standard

Google places engineer who claims Chatbot AI has mind of its own on leave

The company's view: Not so fast. The algorithm is just a very good conversationalist.

Axios

Google engineer put on leave after claiming 'sentient' AI chatbot is 'scared'

Blake Lemoine was placed on leave by the technology giant last week after he published transcripts of remarkable conversations between himself and the AI bot

Daily Mirror

Google engineer claims AI technology LaMDA is sentient

Google has a book-reading, meditating "chatbot" that is sentient, according to one of its engineers. But the tech giant says there is "no evidence" of that. Here is what we know so far.

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The Guardian - US

Google engineer put on leave after saying AI chatbot has become sentient

Blake Lemoine says system has perception of, and ability to express thoughts and feelings equivalent to a human child

The Independent UK

Google software engineer claims tech giant’s artificial intelligence tool has become ‘sentient’

Blake Lemoine says LaMDA has talked about ‘personhood’ and ‘rights’

Salon

"Stealth research” hurts good science

First Theranos, and now AI researchers, are being opaque about their work. Should we trust them?

Manchester Evening News

Ex-Coronation Street star Charles Dale swapped acting for 2 surprisingly normal day jobs

The star - who played Dennis Stringer in the soap from 2000 to 2002 - can now be found working behind a counter

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