Despite differences within the AI community, pretty much all AI experts find the notion that Google's LaMDA might be sentient completely ridiculous (Gary Marcus/The Road to AI We Can Trust)

Gary Marcus / The Road to AI We Can Trust:
Despite differences within the AI community, pretty much all AI experts find the notion that Google's LaMDA might be sentient completely ridiculous  —  No, LaMDA is not sentient.  Not even slightly. … Blaise Aguera y Arcas, polymath, novelist, and Google VP, has a way with words.