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The Google engineer who thinks its AI has come alive

Today on Post Reports, the rogue Google engineer who thinks the company’s AI has come to life – and the dangers of artificial intelligence that impersonates humans.  Read more: Nitasha Tiku covers tech culture for The Post. Recently, <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/06/11/google-ai-lamda-blake-lemoine/?utm_source=podcasts&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=post-reports" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);" target="_blank">she broke the story about the Google engineer who concluded his company’s chatbot generator “LaMDA” was sentient</a>. But even as Google and outside experts disagree, this case raises questions about the potential dangers of artificial intelligence that closely mimics humans.

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