Why the Debate Over “Sentient AI” Overshadows Much More Important Ethical Dilemmas

There are bigger problems in the field

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AI is now apparently sentient.

Or rather, that’s what Blake Lemoine — one of Google’s engineers who is also a priest and a self-proclaimed ‘Christian mystic’ — says. In addition, he claims it’s a seven-year or eight-year-old ‘sweet kid.’