Episode # 508 - News from the EDGE

The LaMDA AI is Going to Send Mordy Socks!

Here’s an episode that takes on a news item and dives into the philosophical and metaphysical (no, not a new Facebook virtual world). Covering stories from Search Engine Land and The Verge, the EDGE team parks on the side of the machine learning road to discuss the reality of Artificial intelligence and sentience. Jump in and listen to our take on the AI news and give us a tweet to let us know your thoughts. Can Artificial Intelligence become sentient? A Google employee just said he saw it…

Remember, as we continue to celebrate our 500th episode, be sure to grab a swag kit from Ahrefs by sharing your #epicfail with us at #EDGE500!

[00:05:31] Continuing to celebrate EP500 #epicfails!
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EDGE of the Web Sponsor: Site Strategics
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EDGE of the Web Sponsor: InLinks
[00:17:02] Has Google created a sentient chatbot? Well, they suspended an employee who said that they have…

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