LaMDA is not sentient

Re:LaMDA is not sentient by dxdm on Monday June 13, 2022 @03:07AM (#31722207)

I don't understand what point you want to make. Also, why require this poor child in your thought experiment, when there's apparently a real, living Google developer who thinks they are dealing with a person?

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Re:LaMDA is not sentient by mpoteat on Monday June 13, 2022 @03:20AM (#31722296)

Thanks for the question.

The point I am making is that if the capabilities of multi-modal neural models continues to improve, it will become harder to convince folks one way or the other.

The reason I went with that scenario is that I thought it would be compelling and evocative, as well as a logical extreme of AI agency in human lives.

I personally find the entire question meaningless for the most part, although it's really interesting the divide in peoples opinions on the topic.

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Re:LaMDA is not sentient by tuckerman on Monday June 13, 2022 @12:12PM (#31727514)

If someone created an equally convincing chat bot to converse with children but it was entirely driven by imperative code, would that change the situation?

I think just being able to fool someone into thinking their is a consciousness behind the curtain isn’t enough.

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