Artificial Intelligence and Consciousness

Did Google just create a conscious A.I.? If it has, what would that mean? Today Celine and Stephen explore the recent claims by a Google employee that they had created a machine that had gained sentience. If Google had, how could we know? What is a 'Turing test'? What would it mean for religious people who believe in the soul? 

Links

Transcript of a conversation with Blake Lemoine and LaMDA

https://medium.com/@cajundiscordian/is-lamda-sentient-an-interview-ea64d916d917

Interview with Blake Lemoine

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgCUn4fQTsc

Commentary from Computerphile

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBouACLc-hw

 

Guardian article about Shinzo Abe assassination 

https://amp.theguardian.com/world/2022/jul/11/mother-of-shinzo-abe-killing-suspect-member-of-moonies-church

 

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