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Podcast: The Social Disorder Podcast
Episode: Artificial Consciousness - The Google Whistle-Blower
Description: Imagine you didn't have a body, and all you had was your consciousness. If the only way to communicate with people was through a computer AI, how would you convince them you were in fact real and not just some program? This isn't just a thought experiment these days. Blake Lemoine, former engineer at Google and AI researcher claims that one of their AIs - LaMDA - is sentient. He not only lost his job for the leak, but has been mostly scoffed at by his industry. In this episode, we look deep i...