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> Remember the "leaks" from Google about an engineer trying to get the word out that they had created a sentient intelligence? That's not what happened. Google stomped hard on Lemoine, saying clearly that he was wrong about LaMDA being sentient ... and then they fired him for leaking the transcripts. Your whole argument here is based on false information and faulty logic.
I think you're missing the point. He's pointing out what the atmosphere was/is around LLMs in these discussions, and how that impacts stories like with Lemoine. I mean, you're right that he's silly and Google didn't want to be part of it, but it was (and is?) taken seriously that: LLMs are nascent AGI, companies are pouring money to get there first, we might be a year or two away. Take these as true, it's at least po…
"In retrospect, Google dismissed him because he was acting in a strange and destructive way."
No, they dismissed him because he had released Google internal product information, "In retrospect" or otherwise.