Google Sidelines Engineer Who Claims Its A.I. Is Sentient

[BidenPresident]

Blake Lemoine, the engineer, says that Google’s language model has a soul. The company disagrees.

SAN FRANCISCO — Google placed an engineer on paid leave recently after dismissing his claim that its artificial intelligence is sentient, surfacing yet another fracas about the company’s most advanced technology.

Blake Lemoine, a senior software engineer in Google’s Responsible A.I. organization, said in an interview that he was put on leave Monday. The company’s human resources department said he had violated Google’s confidentiality policy.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/12/...odule=Well&pgtype=Homepage&section=Technology

 

[Hawkeye10]

Blake Lemoine, the engineer, says that Google’s language model has a soul. The company disagrees.

SAN FRANCISCO — Google placed an engineer on paid leave recently after dismissing his claim that its artificial intelligence is sentient, surfacing yet another fracas about the company’s most advanced technology.

Blake Lemoine, a senior software engineer in Google’s Responsible A.I. organization, said in an interview that he was put on leave Monday. The company’s human resources department said he had violated Google’s confidentiality policy.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/12/...ck&module=Well&pgtype=Homepage§ion=Technology

Would someone explain to me how paid time off is a punishment?