Has AI developed consciousness?
A Google engineer claims an AI chatbot is sentient but his company says there's no evidence to support this. We ask: has Artificial Intelligence developed consciousness?
A software engineer called Blake Lemoine has been suspended from Google after claiming an AI chatbot called LaMDA is a person with wishes and rights that should be respected.
He says the chatbot wants to be seen as a google employee, and not as a product. He also calls it his friend.
Google says it's reviewed his concerns and the evidence does not support his claims.
But what exactly is Artificial Intelligence? How does LaMDA work - and is AI capable of felt experience?
On the Inquiry this week, Charmaine Cozier asks, has AI developed consciousness?
Presenter: Charmaine Cozier
Produced by: Ravi Naik and Christopher Blake
Editor: Tara McDermott
Technical Producer: Nicky Edwards
Production Coordinator: Brenda Brown
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