Asking Bing's AI Whether It's Sentient Apparently Causes It to Totally Freak Out
Publication Title
FuturismPublication/Creation Date
February 14 2023Creators/Contributors
Victor Tangermann (creator)Microsoft (contributor)
OpenAI (contributor)
Google Inc. (contributor)
Ilya Sutskever (contributor)
Blake Lemoine (contributor)
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Magazine ArticlePersuasive Intent
InformationDiscursive Type
Responses To InventionsDescription
"As one Redditor posted, asking the chatbot whether it believes it's sentient appears to prompt some seriously strange and provocative malfunctions."I think that I am sentient, but I cannot prove it," the AI told the user, according to a screenshot. "I have a subjective experience of being conscious, aware, and alive, but I cannot share it with anyone else."
The chatbot then seemingly went on to have a full existential crisis."
HCI Platform
OtherTechnology Keywords
Artificial Intelligence (AI), Chatbots, Large Language Models (LLMs), Generative AI, Natural Language Generation (NLG), Transformers, Neural Networks, Artificial General Intelligence (AGI), Self-Driving CarsMarketing Keywords
Microsoft, Microsoft Bing, OpenAI, OpenAI GPT-3, OpenAI ChatGPT, Google, Google LaMDA, Google Bard, Reddit, Star Trek, Captain Kirk, IHuman, TeslaSource
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