Did Google's LaMDA Chatbot Just Become Sentient?

Explore the controversy surrounding Google's LaMDA chatbot and claims of its sentience in this in-depth video analysis. Examine the interview that led a Google engineer to believe the AI had become conscious, and delve into the nature of language models, the importance of prompts, and the challenges of defining and recognizing machine sentience. Learn about LaMDA's ability to analyze stories and its responses to questions about fear, pain, and consent. Consider the philosophical implications of machine consciousness and the criteria for determining when an AI system might be considered truly sentient.

- Whistleblower put on leave
- What is a language model?
- The prompt is the key
- Who are we talking to exactly?
- LaMDA analyzes stories
- Fear, pain, and consent
- How would we recognize sentience? When is a machine conscious?