Does AI sentience matter to the enterprise?

We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. That question has been burning through technology circles for several weeks now, ever since a lone Google engineer claimed his LAMDA model had achieved both self-awareness and a soul. While this is an important question, it is not something that the enterprise needs to concern itself with just yet. Even if such an algorithm were to arise, would it be all that useful in a practical sense? AI sentience has been a topic of debate for decades, but it got a kick-start last month when Google engineer, Blake Lemoine, posted conversations with a chatbot that he claimed proved it was sentient.