sen·tient  / ˈsen(t)SH(ē)ənt
adjective:
1. able to perceive or feel things
2. finely sensitive in perception or feeling
3. aware

Richard and Dave discuss the recent news that a Google engineer was put on leave after claiming a chatbot AI he had worked on had become sentient. A 5000-word interview with LaMDA (Language Model for Dialogue Applications) is available online here.

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