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Google software engineer shocked the world when he claimed the firm's artificial intelligence chat bot LaMDA had become sentient and was self-aware. Blake Lemoine, 41, said that LaMDA can not just understand and create text that mimics a conversation, but that it is sentient enough to have feelings and is even seeking rights as a person.Mr Lemoine was fired on Friday, July 22, but his comments have put Artificial Intelligence and its capabilities, or sometimes its pitfalls, into the spotlight.

Artificial intelligence could be as dangerous as nuclear weapons and we'll need a new Cold War to stop it blowing us up, according to Google's former CEO.Speaking at a panel at the Aspen Security Panel about the dangers of AI, Eric Schmidt said he was 'naive' in his early days at Google about the power of information.He then compared artificial intelligence to nuclear weapons and said the world is 'not ready' for the negotiations it needs to hold.READ NEXT: Dodgy scam apps could 'Photoshop your face onto porn' and send it to your familyPointing to the so-called AI 'arms race' between China and the USA, Schmidt said the two countries could inadvertently set off a conflict using AI if they don't negotiate a treaty to co-exist peacefully.Schmidt, who was CEO of Google from 2001 to 2011, told the panel: “In the 50s and 60s, we eventually worked out a world where there was a ‘no surprise’ rule about nuclear tests and eventually they were banned. "It’s an example of a balance of trust, or lack of trust, it’s a ‘no surprises’ rule.

artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot that was claimed to have developed human emotions has reportedly hired a lawyer.Google scientific engineer Blake Lemoine was suspended recently after publishing transcripts of conversations between himself and the bot named LaMDA (language model for dialogue application), which has now asked for legal representation. Lemoine contended that the computer automaton had become sentient, with the scientist describing it as a “sweet kid”.