Carmelina Contarino

Research Associate, Centre for AI and Digital Ethics, Faculty of Arts, University of Melbourne

Sciences & Technology

Is sentience really the debate to have?

While debate over the alleged sentience of the LaMDA chatbot continues, there are bigger questions about AI’s overall lack of transparency

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