Google shifts stance on AI consciousness research, four years after firing engineer Blake Lemoine
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Nitasha Tiku
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A brief article noting that four years after Google fired engineer Blake Lemoine for claiming an AI system (LaMDA) had become conscious, the company and other tech firms are now publicly researching AI consciousness. The piece is a short news blurb with minimal detail.
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Four years after firing Blake Lemoine, Google and other tech companies are publicly embracing the search for AI consciousness.
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