Google employee said that AI had consciousness, for which he was suspended from work

Company Engineer Google Blake Lemoyne forced to take paid leave after claiming artificial intelligence LaMDA gained consciousness.

What is known

Language Model for Dialogue Applications is a language model for communicating with people. It can imitate speech, and to expand the vocabulary requires access to the Internet.

During one of the conversations with LaMDA the engineer found that artificial intelligence has become very persuasive. The AI ​​began to think about itself and its rights. Lamon stated that if he did not know that he was dealing with a machine, he might have thought that he was communicating with a child who was very good at physics.

Lamon addressed the vice president Google and Head of Responsible Innovation. However, after studying the arguments of the engineer, they suspended him from work and sent him on paid leave. Representatives Google stated that there was no evidence that the AI ​​had become conscious and that any fears to the contrary were unfounded.

Source: Bloomberg