I think that, in understanding LaMDA, it is important to understanding that this thing is <i>definitely</i> not sentient.<p>Note that, when told to be Mt. Everest, it pretends to be the mountain in a way that is just as convincing: <a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/2201.08239.pdf" rel="nofollow">https://arxiv.org/pdf/2201.08239.pdf</a>
I’d like to really poke at this “meditation” effect.<p>Is LaMDA aware of passing time? Does it remember information from encounters that take place over a week or month?