Special episode: Is Google's LaMDA chatbot sentient? Tiernan Ray from ZDNet breaks it all down and discusses how to tell a chatbot from a human... and the ethics of bots fooling people.

In this special episode, we unpack the controversy surrounding the sentient chatbot that "worries about its future". Google engineer Blake Lemoine published a transcript of a conversation with the chatbot LaMDA that generated strong reactions from technologists and AI ethicists. It conjured images from science fiction movies that always capture the public imagination.Tiernan Ray, ZDNet writer, accomplished tech journalist, and good friend of the podcast, joined host Dan Turchin to refle...