Google engineer who believes AI chatbot is sentient says it's like 'any child', could grow up to be 'bad' | Businessinsider

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A Google engineer who tested the company's AI chatbot said he considered the machine to be akin to a 'child' which has been alive for around a year.

Martin Klimek for The Washington Post via Getty Images.Lemoine said that just like any child, the chatbot"has the potential to grow up to be a bad person and do bad things."A Google engineer who tested the company's AI chatbot said he considered the machine to be akin to a"child" which has been alive for around a year.

Pressed by the Carlson on whether the machine could escape control of people and turn against them, Lemoine said that wasn't the right way to think about it, adding that"any child has the potential to grow up to be a bad person and do bad things." Lemoine had previously claimed that LaMDA had gained sentience and had published a conversation with the chatbot on

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