LaMDA is not sentient

Re:LaMDA is not sentient by hemloc_io on Monday June 13, 2022 @01:59PM (#31729037)

If a portion of the population zealously believes that AIs are sentient we could see the same treatment of AI researchers or even software engineers as we've seen in other scientific pursuits by the religious.

That's quite scary to me personally.

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Re:LaMDA is not sentient by JumpCrisscross on Monday June 13, 2022 @02:17PM (#31729278)

Chatbots could deliver the personal connection to a messiah figure so many modern religious movements emphasize. I would be surprised if we don't see a church founded around the ramblings of a discarded bot in our lifetimes.

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Re:LaMDA is not sentient by malermeister on Monday June 13, 2022 @03:32PM (#31730532)

I think the more interesting (if highly unethical) thing would be to have a bot that is purposefully built to be a cult leader. Maybe train it on all sorts of scripture and see if you can get people to follow it...

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Re:LaMDA is not sentient by mickotron on Monday June 13, 2022 @05:35PM (#31732080)

Well we already have QANon, so I guess your idea isn’t so far fetched after all.

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Re:LaMDA is not sentient by colejohnson66 on Monday June 13, 2022 @08:40PM (#31733477)

TempleOS,[0] by the infamous Terry Davis, featured a program called "After Egypt" that he would use to post text supposedly comming from God (or “space alian”).[1]

[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TempleOS

[1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=TerryADavis

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