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EVENT STREAM // JUNE 2022

GOOGLE ENGINEER CLAIMS LAMDA IS SENTIENT

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Blake Lemoine, a Google engineer, publicly claims LaMDA is sentient. Google fires him. The incident raises profound questions about AI consciousness even though experts dispute the claim.

AI CONSCIOUSNESS INCIDENT
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  1. Washington Post interview — washingtonpost.com
  2. Google statement — blog.google