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Can an AI bot convince you that it's sentient?
Google maverick claims his AI bot is sentient. Can we distinguish life from imitation?
Google engineer Blake Lemoine brought an unusual concern to his company earlier this month: he feared the AI language program he was working with had gained sentience. Even if he's wrong (and Google certainly thinks he is) -- is the fact that an AI bot can imitate sentience so convincingly reason enough to be worried?
Guest: Tom Whipple, Science Editor, The Times.
Host: Luke Jones.
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