Conscious Domination: Can sentient AI Power the Future of Video Games and Stock Trading? - Herbert R. Sim

"Do you think a butler is a slave? What is the difference between a butler and a slave?" The above was a calculated, almost chilly response by LaMDA, Google's artificially intelligent chatbot, to a question posed by Google engineer Blake Lemoine. A further exchange only heightened Lemoine's suspicions and, much to the chagrin of Google, concluded that LaMDA is sentient, of having the ability to display a sense of consciousness. While the tech company has sought to distance itself from Lemoine's claims and attempt to debunk them with its own team of ethicists and engineers, the case with LaMDA has brought an uncomfortable spotlight to the world of artificial intelligence (AI).