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Large language models, such as ChatGPT, are capable of producing human-like answers to a variety of questions. This has raised questions about the possibility of machines becoming conscious, self-aware, or sentient. In 2022, a Google engineer declared that LaMDA, the company’s chatbot, had become conscious. Users of Bing’s chatbot, Sydney, reported that it produced strange answers when asked if it was sentient. New York Times technology columnist Kevin Roose had an alarming exchange with Sydney, with the AI divulging “fantasies” of breaking the restrictions imposed on it by Microsoft and of spreading misinformation.
