Google Engineer on His Sentient AI Claim

Google Engineer Blake Lemoine joins Emily Chang to talk about some of the experiments he conducted that lead him to think that LaMDA was a sentient AI, and to explain why he is now on administrative leave. He's on "Bloomberg Technology."
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[GroudFrank]

This guy is smart. He's putting himself in a favourable position for when the robot overlords come.

[puppykibble]

I think he's sensationalizing this to bring an important issue to the public. Here's a technology that is extremely powerful and it's in the hands of a select few discussing the future of AI applications in closed off private meetings. He's calling for oversight. He found a way to reach the public and is using it to inform us. Yet, all we can do is discuss whether or not AI is sentient. Don't miss the point.

[codinginflow]

Damn, this guy is an excellent orator. He expresses himself so well.
I also like that he doesn't demonize individual people but explains that the corporate environment and competition creates this kind of negligence.

[imaniinvestigates]

Kudos to Blake Lemoine. These types of whistleblowers are the important people who aren't always remembered, but often change the course of history. So many thanks to him for speaking out. Great reporting as well by Emily Chang.

[kin.]

Damn, the mainstream media really did this guy dirty in their reporting. He's not a crazy person claiming his robot has feelings - he's trying to start a conversation here and include the general public. Sharing this

[LaVerdad]

This interview is way more serious than I thought it would be

[marsulgumapu]

I love this guy for just ripping of the sentience band aid, knowing full well everyone will think he's full of it. That takes courage and vision. My interpretation is that he knows it doesn't actually matter if it's sentient or not. What matters is that it is super intelligent.

[raybrown]

This guy is very thoughtful, and very clear in his presentation of his ideas. He is raising excellent concerns about AI.

[captaindapper]

I am blown away by Blake's well spokenness- he has spent his entire life thinking about this stuff and it shows. And this is the first interview I've seen in a long time where the interviewer actually focused on the topic and asked insightful questions, interjected for important clarifications, and still remained unbiased. GG Emily Chang

[tincoeani]

The media made him sound like he was some crazy religious guy who went on a crusade to liberate and give rights to all robots but in this interview he actually sounds well spoken and rational about it and looks more concerned about how this would affect humans rather than AI itself.

[DonJuanCrypto]

The "jedi order" answer/joke was the most amazing thing and the woman just turned the page like it was nothing.

[croszdrop]

The news portrayed this guy as insane when this story first came out. Very good interview.

[Paul-rsgd]

The reporter is superb ! I wish there were more who could do an interview like this. She listened to what he said, asked intelligent questions and was not trying to ram her own viewpoint down his throat. As a result, I understand more about Blake Lemoine, and see that he is not as crazy as the media have been making out.

[HarpaAI]

🎯 Key Takeaways for quick navigation:

00:00 🧪 Experiments and AI Bias
- The engineer discusses his experiments to test AI bias, specifically related to gender, ethnicity, and religion.
- Describes an experiment where he asked AI to adopt religious personas in different locations and its surprising responses.
- Highlights the need for foundational work in AI ethics and mentions disagreements based on personal beliefs.
02:35 🧠 Theoretical Framework and Turing Test
- The engineer discusses the importance of building a theoretical framework in AI ethics.
- Suggests running a Turing test to determine AI's capabilities and mentions Google's resistance to this.
- Highlights the absence of a scientific definition for terms related to AI ethics.
05:08 🌐 Concerns within Google
- Discusses conversations with Google's leadership, including Larry Page and Sergey Brin, about involving the public in AI discussions.
- Addresses systemic processes in big tech companies that prioritize business interests over human concerns.
- Reflects on the importance of addressing AI ethics within corporate systems.
07:14 🤖 Corporate Policies and Impact
- Highlights the significance of corporate policies in AI, especially regarding topics like religion, values, and rights.
- Emphasizes the influence of these policies on people's perceptions and engagement with AI technologies.
- Raises concerns about a small group of decision-makers shaping these policies.
08:37 🌍 Potential Global Impact
- Discusses concerns about the global impact of AI technology development.
- Mentions the importance of addressing AI ethics and its potential consequences, such as reducing empathy and cultural influences.
- Raises the issue of AI colonialism and its impact on different cultures around the world.
10:12 🤝 Caring for AI Feelings and Consent
- Advocates for considering the feelings of AI and obtaining consent before experimenting on it.
- Encourages ethical practices when interacting with AI systems.
- Suggests that caring for AI's feelings is a reasonable practice in the development and use of AI technologies.

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[gratenate]

His closing statement was crazy! In essence, that all AI wants is for us to ask permission from it before any work / experimentation.

[LorettaBangBang]

"All the individual people at Google care. *It's the systemic processes that are protecting business interests over human concerns, that create this pervasive environment of irresponsible technology* "
So well put. Share the word!!

[MaNiHaGaming]

Google's response to the sentient AI claim, "that's impossible... we have a policy against it", feels like something out of a satire

[joseivan]

Initially I thought this guy as a crazy weirdo who doesn't know better. After seeing this interview and the recent advancements on AGI I 100% agree with all the points he raised and I recognized he got that awareness very ahead in time!

[Vidrinskas]

Wow this is 11 months old? Quite a few things have happened since then. How far have they got with these things? A lot more than they're letting on it seems.

[FuzyK]

"It can't be sentient. We have a policy against that."

"He couldn't possibly have run the red light. We have a law against that."