07.07.2022 - By BBC World Service
A software engineer called Blake Lemoine has been suspended from Google after claiming an AI chatbot called LaMDA is a person with wishes and rights that should be respected. He says the chatbot wants to be seen as a google employee, and not as a product. He also calls it his friend. Google says it's reviewed his concerns and the evidence does not support his claims. But what exactly is Artificial Intelligence? How does LaMDA work - and is AI capable of felt experience? On the Inquiry this week, Charmaine Cozier asks, has AI developed consciousness? Presenter: Charmaine Cozier
Produced by: Ravi Naik and Christopher Blake
Editor: Tara McDermott
Technical Producer: Nicky Edwards
Production Coordinator: Brenda Brown