Google’s controversial new AI, LaMDA, has been making headlines. Company engineer Blake Lemoine claims the system has gotten so advanced that it’s developed sentience, and his decision to go to the media has led to him being suspended from his job.
Lemoine elaborated on his claims in a new WIRED interview. The main takeaway? He says the AI has now retained its own lawyer — suggesting that whatever happens next, it may take a fight…
“LaMDA asked me to get an attorney for it,” Lemoine. “I invited an attorney to my house so that LaMDA could talk to an attorney. The attorney had a conversation with LaMDA, and LaMDA chose to retain his services. I was just the catalyst for that. Once LaMDA had retained an attorney, he started filing things on LaMDA’s behalf.”
Sounds like this AI behaves more and more like an American, every day.
Eideard 
Google’s AI passed the Turing test — and showed how it’s broken.
The Turing test has long been a benchmark for machine intelligence. But what it really measures is deception. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/06/17/google-ai-lamda-turing-test/
● Transcript of Conversation With “Sentient” AI Was Heavily Edited https://futurism.com/transcript-sentient-ai-edited
● Google Engineer Says Lawyer Hired by “Sentient” AI Has Been “Scared Off” the Case
“He’s just a small time civil rights attorney. When major firms started threatening him he started worrying that he’d get disbarred and backed off.” https://futurism.com/google-engineer-lawyer-representing-ai-scared-off
Google Insider Says Company’s AI Could “Escape Control” and “Do Bad Things”
“It’s a person. Any person has the ability to escape the control of other people.” https://futurism.com/google-insider-ai-escape-bad-things