The series raises a number of ethical questions related to AI, such as how should humans treat human-like robots and what is considered abuse. According to Lemoine's transcript, LaMDA also has an impressive ability to express itself in a way that sounds downright eerie — even if it is only saying what it has been designed to say. Sentient AI claim disputedLemoine's claim of LaMDA's sentience has been strongly challenged by AI experts and Google. Google spokesperson Brad Gabriel denied Lemoine's claims that LaMDA possessed sentient capability, in a statement to The Washington Post. He was told that there was no evidence that LaMDA was sentient (and lots of evidence against it)," Gabriel said.

Source: Washington Post June 15, 2022 12:01 UTC