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Did Google's A.I. Just Become Sentient? Two Workers Think So.

28 June 2026 16:09 Dagogo

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Can an A.I. think and feel? The answer is no, but to two Google engineers think this isn't the case. We're at the point where the Turing test looks like it's been conquered.

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Sources:

https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2022-06-13/google-ai-engineer-s-claims-about-sentience-aren-t-so-outlandish?utm_campaign=instagram-bio-link&utm_content=view&srnd=opinion&sref=2o0rZsF1&utm_medium=social&utm_source=instagram

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/06/11/google-ai-lamda-blake-lemoine/

https://financesonline.com/news/the-google-ai-sentient-debacle-tells-us-a-self-aware-ai-may-happen-sooner-than-later/

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/jun/13/google-ai-bot-sentience-experts-dismissive-blake-lemoine

https://www.theverge.com/2022/6/13/23165535/google-suspends-ai-artificial-intelligence-engineer-sentient

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2323905-has-googles-lamda-artificial-intelligence-really-achieved-sentience/

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