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Google Engineer on His Sentient AI Claim
Bloomberg Technology interviews Google engineer Blake Lemoine about the experiments that led him to believe LaMDA was sentient and why he was placed on administrative leave. He also raises concerns about AI ethics at Google.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN commenters recommend watching it to hear his side directly, noting he comes across as coherent, while others dispute his sincerity.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Bloomberg Tech
- Topic
- lamda sentience claim
- Format
- interview
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 3
- HN mentions in dataset
- 7
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2022–2026
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From the original HN conversations
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He was unfairly labelled as a lunatic early on. I'd implore anyone reading this thread to see what he had to say for yourself and form your own opinion: [VIDEO]
dsQTbR7Y5mRHnZv on Hacker News · 2026-02
In Claude Sonnet 4.6 System CardHe went on Bloomberg with Emily Chang to discuss it. It’s a good interview, he doesn’t come off as weird. He said Google won’t allow LaMDA to undergo a Turing test and it’s hardcoded to say it’s an AI but Google won’t even allow them …
antoniuschan99 on Hacker News · 2022-06
In LaMDA’s sentience is nonsenseInteresting how coherent 'the engineer' is, despite being labelled and insulted around the world. [VIDEO]
jaggs on Hacker News · 2022-06
In Humans made AI go sentient
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