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Gemini, Google’s long awaited AI model has entered the chatbot arena as a worthy competitor to OpenAI’s GPT-4. If early reviews are to be believed, many users are happy with Gemini’s abilities.
Despite the excitement, Sentience of AI chatbots is a topic that brings unease to many.
Ethan Mollick, a professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, recently shared his thoughts on Gemini in a blog post. Having received early access to Google’s advanced model, Mollick remarked on the eerie quality of the chatbot’s responses, likening them to encounters with a ghostly presence.
Gemini in particular has a ‘personality’ that can be characterized as being friendly and a penchant for wordplay, which sets it apart from its opponents. This is in line with Mollick’s observation that AI generated text exhibits human-like qualities.
AI detection companies have made significant progress in distinguishing chatbots based on their tones. This has helped in detecting AI generated content.
Microsoft researchers, however, were not inclined to make the claim that AI models such as GPT-4 possessing sentience. They do however acknowledge cognition similar to humans in GPT-4. They highlighted GPT-4 ability to understand emotions, indulge in reasoning, etc.
The concept of AI sentience has garnered attention from organisations like the Sentience Institute, which advocates for granting moral consideration to AI models. They argue that failing to acknowledge the potential sentience of AI could lead to unintended mistreatment in the future.
If widespread scientific consensus is to be believed, AI models are not currently at a stage to be called as Sentient but the group of individuals who believe in machine sentience is growing.
This article was first published on Medium
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