Are We on the Verge of A, I Become Sensitive?

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Andyoudo: Are we on the verge of a, i becoming sentient? Like, is what's going what's going on here? Like, help us with us. There are actually multiple meanings of the word 'sensory' And in that dimension, gogolamda wouldn't even qualify because it doesn't have an accelerometer or thermometer. He says some people are looking for a deity or an ouija board to fill holes in their lives. But he thinks there may be something more fundamental at work.

With the internet abuzz over the firing of a Google engineer who came to believe that a company chatbot is sentient, AI expert and deep learning skeptic Gary Marcus joins Alex and Ed to discuss the state of artificial intelligence. From LaMDA's alleged sentience and the problems with the Turing Test to Gary's proposed bet with Elon Musk and AI's role in autonomous driving, this wide-ranging conversation explores some of the most interesting topics in technology.