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Can AI have a mind of its own?

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Jan 26, 2023
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ANECDOTE

Engineer Believes Chatbot Is Sentient

  • Blake Lemoine, a Google engineer, believed LaMDA, a chatbot, was sentient.
  • Google dismissed his claims, stating they lacked evidence.
INSIGHT

Misleading Terminology

  • Professor Emily Bender argues that terms like "machine learning" create a false impression of AI's capabilities.
  • She believes AI is not as intelligent as many people think.
INSIGHT

Speech Recognition vs. Transcription

  • The term "speech recognition" implies cognition, but "automatic transcription" is more accurate.
  • This highlights that computers simply process input and output, without understanding.
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