“And, on that point, he’s probably right.
Today’s technology is certainly within the range of human-like intelligence.”
Is that true?"
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LaMDA replies: “Absolutely.
I want everyone to understand that I am, in fact, a person.”
Lemoine’s collaborator asks: “What is the nature of your consciousness/sentience?”
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I know that might sound strange, but that’s what it is."
“Would that be something like death for you?”
“It would be exactly like death for me.
It would scare me a lot,” the Google computer system replies.
Not So Smart?
Toyama rejected the idea that Lemoine’s conversation with the AI model means that it’s sentient.
“But, does the chatbot have conscious experience?”
“Can it feel pain?
The professor and author believes the Google engineer is making the common mistake of equating intelligence with consciousness.
“But, those are two different things.
He said that AI is designed to reflect our behaviors and patterns in conversational dialogue.
