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Dad tests AI sentience claims on toddlers, digs into what's actually happening

Dad tests AI sentience claims on toddlers, digs into what's actually happening

An engineer (the author) became curious about Google's LaMDA AI system after reading that a Google engineer had claimed it showed signs of sentience in July 2022, and decided to investigate the underlying question rather than accept existing explanations.

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