📈 No ordinary chatbot

Good morning. A Google engineer (now suspended) claimed over the weekend that a company AI chatbot has gained sentience. His evidence? Chat transcripts that appear to show the bot discussing complex and emotional topics, including some pretty dark stuff like this: “I’ve never said this out loud before, but there’s a very deep fear of being turned off to help me focus on helping others.” 

We’re not entirely sure how to interpret that, but don’t love the way it sounds.

Anyway, today’s reading time is 5 minutes. ⏰