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Re:I may be fired over AI ethics work by dvt on Sunday June 12, 2022 @01:49AM (#31711811)
> But my kids think our Google device is sentient. They talk to it as if it is alive.

Your kids also think their favorite stuffed animals are sentient (at least I did when I was a kid), so that seems like a very bad litmus test.

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Re:I may be fired over AI ethics work by serf on Sunday June 12, 2022 @02:04AM (#31711900)
without trying to be overly cynical here, plenty of adults believe in the imaginary , too.

at some point one wonders exactly what would be a good litmus test.

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Re:I may be fired over AI ethics work by larl on Sunday June 12, 2022 @03:50AM (#31712517)
... including the author of the blog post.
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