Is Google’s LaMDA “sentient”? And if not, could we tell the difference?

Is the mind the same as the body? What is consciousness? Can machines have it?

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Re: Is Google’s LaMDA “sentient”? And if not, could we tell the difference?

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commonsense wrote: Mon Jun 27, 2022 2:26 pm You seem to have a version of the Turing Test here. I might ask the computer if it’s a computer. Unless it’s been programmed to lie, that would be the end of the matter.
Is intentionally failing sentience tests a sign of sentience?
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Re: Is Google’s LaMDA “sentient”? And if not, could we tell the difference?

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Skepdick wrote: Mon Jun 27, 2022 3:23 pm
commonsense wrote: Mon Jun 27, 2022 2:26 pm You seem to have a version of the Turing Test here. I might ask the computer if it’s a computer. Unless it’s been programmed to lie, that would be the end of the matter.
Is intentionally failing sentience tests a sign of sentience?
Interesting thought.
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Re: Is Google’s LaMDA “sentient”? And if not, could we tell the difference?

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commonsense wrote: Mon Jun 27, 2022 3:31 pm
Skepdick wrote: Mon Jun 27, 2022 3:23 pm
commonsense wrote: Mon Jun 27, 2022 2:26 pm You seem to have a version of the Turing Test here. I might ask the computer if it’s a computer. Unless it’s been programmed to lie, that would be the end of the matter.
Is intentionally failing sentience tests a sign of sentience?
Interesting thought.
I think if you could prove that there was some premeditation, by inference, that would be a solid test for sentience. Essentially intentionality or forethought.
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Re: Is Google’s LaMDA “sentient”? And if not, could we tell the difference?

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Dimebag wrote: Tue Jun 28, 2022 8:43 am
commonsense wrote: Mon Jun 27, 2022 3:31 pm
Skepdick wrote: Mon Jun 27, 2022 3:23 pm
Is intentionally failing sentience tests a sign of sentience?
Interesting thought.
I think if you could prove that there was some premeditation, by inference, that would be a solid test for sentience. Essentially intentionality or forethought.
Nah. There is no solid test for sentience.

The closest I could come to, is whether this 'entity' returned each afternoon for me smacking it around again with a claw hammer.
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