The evidence seems to be grounded in LaMDA’s linguistic abilities and the things it talks about, Basl said. “Reactions like ‘We have created sentient AI’, I think, are extremely overblown,” Basl said. However, Basl believes the evidence mentioned in the Washington Post article is not enough to conclude that LaMDA is sentient. It reminds him of a 7- or 8-year-old child, Blake told the Washington Post. In the story, Google engineer Blake Lemoine says that the company’s artificially intelligent chatbot generator, LaMDA, with whom he had numerous deep conversations, might be sentient.
Maybe that is why a recent Washington Post story has made such a big splash. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University Basl believes that sentient AI will be minimally conscious, aware of the experience it is having, able to feel positive or negative feelings and to have desires. “And they are very cavalier about it.” John Basl, Assistant Professor of Philosophy poses for a portrait at Northeastern University. “When you hear Google talk, they talk as if this is just right around the corner or definitely within our lifetimes,” Basl said. No one knows, however, when humans will create an intelligent or sentient AI, said John Basl, associate professor of philosophy at Northeastern’s College of Social Sciences and Humanities, whose research focuses on the ethics of emerging technologies such as AI and synthetic biology. Still, thinking about AI, many of us imagine human-like robots who, according to countless science fiction stories, will become independent and rebel one day. From virtual assistants like Apple’s Siri and Amazon’s Alexa, to robotic vacuums and self-driving cars, to automated investment portfolio managers and marketing bots, artificial intelligence has become a big part of our everyday lives.
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