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The Google engineer who sees company's AI as 'sentient' thinks a chatbot has a soul

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The Google engineer who sees company's AI as 'sentient' thinks a chatbot has a soul

The Google computer scientist who was placed on leave after claiming the company's artificial intelligence chatbot has come to life tells NPR how he formed his opinion.

The Google engineer who sees company's AI as 'sentient' thinks a chatbot has a soul

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