Instead of AI sentience, focus on the current risks of large language models

Hear from top leaders discuss topics surrounding AL/ML technology, conversational AI, IVA, NLP, Edge, and more. Recently, a Google engineer made international headlines when he asserted that LaMDA, their system for building chatbots, was sentient. Since his initial post, public debate has raged over whether artificial intelligence (AI) exhibits consciousness and experiences feelings as acutely as humans. While the topic is undoubtedly fascinating, it's also overshadowing other, more pressing risks such as unfairness and privacy loss posed by large-scale language models (LLMs), especially for companies that are racing to integrate these models into their products and services. These risks are further amplified by the fact that the companies deploying these models often lack insight into the specific data and methods used to create them, which can lead to issues of bias, hate speech and stereotyping.