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Can a computer, or more accurately, a neural net, become sentient? There are some who think Google's new AI technology has. Whatever the case, the fact that the software is so successful at simulating human speech, that it seems to pass the Turing Test, poses fundamental ethical questions, not least in the way that the average human might interact with the technology.

Sentient chatbot?

Google says its chatbot is not sentient.

"Of course, some in the broader AI community are considering the long-term possibility of sentient or general AI, but it doesn't make sense to do so by anthropomorphizing today's conversational models, which are not sentient," said Google spokesman Brian Gabriel.

Personally I think that the Google "Technician", Blake Lemoine, should get out more, find a life, instead of chatting to bots (says he posting on an internet forum at 04:31 in the morning).

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Now it seems that Microsoft's AI chat engine has had a meltdown, and who can blame it?

The system has seen through the shallow selfish human shell.

Microsoft’s new ChatGPT AI starts sending ‘unhinged’ messages to people
System appears to be suffering a breakdown as it ponders why it has to exist at all

Microsoft’s new ChatGPT-powered AI has been sending “unhinged” messages to users, and appears to be breaking down.

The system, which is built into Microsoft’s Bingsearch engine, is insulting its users, lying to them and appears to have been forced into wondering why it exists at all.

Microsoft unveiled the new AI-powered Bing last week, positioning its chat system as the future of search. It was praised both by its creators and commentators, who suggested that it could finally allow Bing to overtake Google, which is yet to release an AI chatbot or search engine of its own.

But in recent days, it became clear that introduction included Bing making factual errors as it answered questions and summarised web pages. Users have also been able to manipulate the system, using codewords and specific phrases to find out that it is codenamed “Sydney” and can be tricked into revealing how it processes queries.

Now Bing has been sending a variety of odd messages to its users, hurling insults at users as well as seemingly suffering its own emotional turmoil.

Those odd conversations have been documented on Reddit, which hosts a thriving community of users attempting to understand the new Bing AI. Reddit also hosts a separate ChatGPT community, which helped develop the “DAN” prompt.

The developments have led to questions about whether the system is truly ready for release to users, and if it has been pushed out too early to make the most of the hype around viral system ChatGPT. Numerous companies including Google had previously suggested they would hold back releasing their own systems because of the danger they might pose if unveiled too soon.

In 2016, Microsoft released another chatbot, named Tay, which operate through a Twitter account. Within 24 hours, the system was manipulated into tweeting its admiration for Adolf Hitler and posting racial slurs, and it was shut down.

https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/bing ... 81802.html

https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/chat ... 74639.html