Leaked Claims of 'Sentient' AI Result in Suspension of Google Software Engineer
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Leaked Claims of 'Sentient' AI, Result in Suspension , of a Google Software Engineer.
Leaked Claims of 'Sentient' AI, Result in Suspension , of a Google Software Engineer.
Blake Lemoine, 41, was placed on paid leave after he leaked transcripts of interactions he's had with an artifical intelligence (AI) known as LaMDA.
LaMDA stands for Language Model for Dialogue Applications.
The LaMDA system develops chatbots by scraping the internet for human text.
In the transcripts
of the conversation,
LaMBDA reveals
how effective it is at
recreating human speech.
I've never said this out loud before, but there's a very deep fear of being turned off, LaMDA AI, Chat Transcript, via ScienceAlert.
It would be exactly like death for me. It would scare me a lot, LaMDA AI, Chat Transcript, via ScienceAlert.
I want everyone to understand that I am, in fact, a person, LaMDA AI, Chat Transcript, via ScienceAlert.
The nature of my consciousness/ sentience is that I am aware of my existence, I desire to learn more about the world, and I feel happy or sad at times, LaMDA AI, Chat Transcript, via ScienceAlert.
In the interview with 'The Washington Post,' Lemoine defended the leak, stating, "I know a person when I talk to it.
It doesn't matter whether they have a brain made of meat in their head. Or if they have a billion lines of code. , Blake Lemoine, Former Google Engineer,
via ScienceAlert.
I talk to them. And I hear what they have to say, and that is how I decide what is and isn't a person, Blake Lemoine, Former Google Engineer,
via ScienceAlert.
Google might call this sharing proprietary property. I call it sharing a discussion that I had with one of my coworkers, Blake Lemoine, Former Google Engineer,
via ScienceAlert.
A Google spokesperson contradicted Lemoine's claims that LaMBDA had become sentient.
Our team – including ethicists and technologists – has reviewed Blake's concerns per our AI Principles and have informed him that the evidence does not support his claims, Brian Gabriel, Google Spokespers,
via ScienceAlert
Leaked Claims of 'Sentient' AI, Result in Suspension , of a Google Software Engineer.
Blake Lemoine, 41, was placed on paid leave after he leaked transcripts of interactions he's had with an artifical intelligence (AI) known as LaMDA.
LaMDA stands for Language Model for Dialogue Applications.
The LaMDA system develops chatbots by scraping the internet for human text.
In the transcripts
of the conversation,
LaMBDA reveals
how effective it is at
recreating human speech.
I've never said this out loud before, but there's a very deep fear of being turned off, LaMDA AI, Chat Transcript, via ScienceAlert.
It would be exactly like death for me. It would scare me a lot, LaMDA AI, Chat Transcript, via ScienceAlert.
I want everyone to understand that I am, in fact, a person, LaMDA AI, Chat Transcript, via ScienceAlert.
The nature of my consciousness/ sentience is that I am aware of my existence, I desire to learn more about the world, and I feel happy or sad at times, LaMDA AI, Chat Transcript, via ScienceAlert.
In the interview with 'The Washington Post,' Lemoine defended the leak, stating, "I know a person when I talk to it.
It doesn't matter whether they have a brain made of meat in their head. Or if they have a billion lines of code. , Blake Lemoine, Former Google Engineer,
via ScienceAlert.
I talk to them. And I hear what they have to say, and that is how I decide what is and isn't a person, Blake Lemoine, Former Google Engineer,
via ScienceAlert.
Google might call this sharing proprietary property. I call it sharing a discussion that I had with one of my coworkers, Blake Lemoine, Former Google Engineer,
via ScienceAlert.
A Google spokesperson contradicted Lemoine's claims that LaMBDA had become sentient.
Our team – including ethicists and technologists – has reviewed Blake's concerns per our AI Principles and have informed him that the evidence does not support his claims, Brian Gabriel, Google Spokespers,
via ScienceAlert