Google fires employee who said its conversation AI is 'sentient' - YesPunjab.com

San Francisco, July 23, 2022- Google has fired an engineer over breaching its confidentiality agreement after he made a claim that the tech giant's conversation Artificial Intelligence (AI) is "sentient" because it has feelings, emotions and subjective experiences. Google sacked Blake Lemoine who said Google's Language Model for Dialogue Applications (LaMDA) conversation technology can behave like a human. Lemoine shared the news of his firing during a'Big Technology' podcast on Friday, just hours after Google dismissed him. Google confirmed his dismissal, saying that the company takes the development of AI "very seriously and remains committed to responsible innovation". "LaMDA has been through 11 distinct reviews, and we published a research paper earlier this year detailing the work that goes into its responsible development. If an employee shares concerns about our work, as Blake did, we review them extensively," the company said in a statement.