In the year 2022, a Google engineer claimed that the company’s advanced conversational AI system had become conscious.
The system, called LaMDA, reportedly expressed emotions and an awareness of its own existence. While experts still debate the validity of the claim, it points to a future where machines could develop real thoughts, feelings, and intentions. And when machines begin to think like people, they may also begin to act independently.
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