Blake Lemoine is the recently fired Senior Software Engineer at Google who went public this summer with his concerns around Google’s natural language system LAMDA. Blake thinks LAMDA is both sentient and shouldn’t be under the sole supervision of a private corporation. This provoked a deep, philosophical conversation about the nature of intelligence, consciousness, what will happen with AI, whether it’s aligned with human values and whether human reality is simulated. I think you’ll love this episode! 🙏🏻 Intro: 0:00 Outliers & George W. Bush: 4:04 Blake's Story: 5:18 LaMDA Has Political Views: 8:55 Consciousness & Emotions: 14:52 Are Humans AI?: 16:52 Sentience: 17:56 Turing Test: 21:42 Is The Internet an Alien?: 26:38 Science: 28:33 Medicine & Rituals: 29:20 Quantum Theory: 31:55 Why is AI Bad at Some Things: 35:17 LaMDA: 36:22 Do Humans Share an Intelligence?: 37:31 The Answer to Life: 38:30 *** AMERICAN ALCHEMY is an original series hosted by Jesse Michels that explores the frontier of science and tech. Each week, we bring you exclusive interviews with some of the leading thinkers of our time. INSTAGRAM ➤ https://www.instagram.com/jessemichels TWITTER ➤ https://twitter.com/AlchemyAmerican EMAIL/BOOKINGS ➤ [email protected] SUBSCRIBE TO OUR CHANNEL: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7eOJzNRWY4l2UTDvIquxYg?app=desktop original music: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6LlLRudDi60Uy4jcmOSEs1 - ai artificial intelligence robots blake lemoine sentient dall-e machine learning news Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices