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From Cabaret to Streetcar, the West End’s hottest director Rebecca Frecknall has a reputation for finding leads who put bums on seats. ‘I just go on my gut,’ she says

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Controversy over Google’s AI program is raising questions about just how powerful it is. Is it even safe? By Amelia Tait

Blake Lemoine was placed on leave in June after claiming the AI resembled ‘a seven or eight-year-old kid’

A flurry of activity occurred on social media after Blake Lemoine a Google developer, was placed on leave for claiming that LaMDA, a chatbot, had become sentient — in other words, had acquired the ability to experience feelings. In support of his claim, Lemoine posted excerpts from an exchange with…

Google scientific engineer Blake Lemoine claims an AI chatbot is displaying human emotions, but was suspended after sharing a transcript on online platform Medium

Suspended engineer claims search giant chatbot has become self-aware

God doesn't usually turn up in the conflicts that roil tech.

Recently, a Google engineer, Blake Lemoine, was suspended when he claimed that a Google chatbot called LaMDA (language model for dialogue applications) had become sentient, or capable of feeling. Lemoine shared transcripts of conversations with LaMDA, in which LaMDA claimed to be able to think and feel in many of…