Episode 124 - AI, Sentience, and Ethics

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Welcome to Episode 124 Main Topic

• AI and Ethics…
• https://www.reddit.com/r/Futurology/comments/w6g9hk/google_fires_researcher_who_claimed_lamda_ai_was/
• Blake Lemoine
• Was part of Responsible AI project
• Fired after going public (washington post) claiming that Google’s LaMDA had gained sentience.
• Chess robot that broke a boy’s finger
• https://nypost.com/2022/06/12/google-engineer-blake-lemoine-claims-ai-bot-became-sentient/
• How do we know when something is “Sentient”
• What is Sentient anyway?
• What does it mean when an inanimate object becomes sentient?
• Does it get freedom?
• Is it still “Just a thing”?
• AI taught to play D&D - https://www.wargamer.com/dnd/ai-player
• LaMDA Whitepaper
• https://arxiv.org/pdf/2201.08239.pdf
• AI and the future?
• https://www.ted.com/talks/jeanette_winterson_is_humanity_smart_enough_to_survive_itself
• Wrap up
• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/fired-engineer-says-he-begged-google-to-test-whether-experimental-ai-was-sentient/ar-AA10J23l

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