Re:Google fires engineer who called its AI sentient
by throwoutway on Friday July 22, 2022 @07:42PM
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It just seems one engineer failed to acknowledge that he failed the Turing Test even with insider information, and (according to Google) was told he was wrong, but decided to double down and tell the public all about how wrong he was. To which they reported on because the claims were so laughable
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Re:Google fires engineer who called its AI sentient
by Gene_Parmesan on Friday July 22, 2022 @08:04PM
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The guy is unhinged and has a persecution complex. He is a "priest" in a bizarre sect and has long claimed that Google has it out for him because of his religious practice. This was a publicity stunt plain and simple.
Re:Google fires engineer who called its AI sentient
by steego on Saturday July 23, 2022 @09:38AM
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His goal was always to launch his career as America's first AI priest, publish a book and become a talking head.
Re:Google fires engineer who called its AI sentient
by jjtheblunt on Friday July 22, 2022 @08:06PM
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"Turing Test" is a co-opted term: his original was about the computer fooling a person as to its gender...