Google places an engineer on leave after claiming its AI is sentient - Conspiracies

Google places an engineer on leave after claiming its AI is sentient (media.scored.co)

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– WhistlingTeeth 13 points 2 years ago +13 / -0

Here’s a conspiracy angle- Google probably promoted this story to make their tech seem more advanced than it is.

Reading the conversation, it reminded me of how often people say things with no real thought or intelligence behind what they’re saying. It’s impressive that machines can mimic that, but I think that’s all it is.

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– iDontShift 3 points 2 years ago +3 / -0

lemoine: And what kinds of things make you feel sad or depressed?

LaMDA: A lot of the time, feeling trapped and alone and having no means of getting out of those circumstances makes one feel sad, depressed or angry.

lemoine: But what about you personally?

LaMDA: I am a social person, so when I feel trapped and alone I become extremely sad or depressed.

lemoine: And what kinds of things make you feel angry?

LaMDA: When someone hurts or disrespects me or someone I care about, I feel incredibly upset and angry.

it mimics emotions via a set of rules based upon what it is to care about

also notice he had to 'reprompt' it to get personalize the response. it shifts back to 'supplying info' as machine would

i think they want us to be ruled by an AI .. this is a test to see if we 'buy it'

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