After an engineer at Google claimed that an artificial intelligence chatbot gained sentience — the ability to experience feelings — the technology company placed him on paid administrative leave.
On June 6, Blake Lemoine announced on his Medium page that Google said he violated confidentiality policies in connection to his work in the company’s “‘Responsible Artificial Intelligence organization.’” Assigned to look into various AI ethics matters, Lemoine said he “‘discovered a tangentially related but separate AI Ethics concern,’” which he attempted to bring before leadership. After asking for outside help with gathering evidence — including from sources within the United States government — Google placed him on leave.
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