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Big Technology AI Summit (full): Greg Brockman, Mike Krieger, Aaron Levie & Friends of The Podcast Jun 26, 2026 · 6 mentions

  • ▶ 2:15 Alex Kantrowitz There was an engineer at Google named Blake Lemoyne who said that the chatbot that he was speaking with was sentient. 6 times in the scene

Can AI Become Conscious? — With Michael Pollan Feb 25, 2026 · 4 mentions

  • ▶ 14:08 Alex Kantrowitz Very few people within Silicon Valley, uh, do believe that even though you and I have both had interesting conversations with Blake Lemoyne, the former Google engineer who was fired, maybe in part because of that belief.
  • ▶ 29:52 Michael Pollan And as, as Blake Lemoine said, you know, Lambda, 2 times in the scene
  • ▶ 34:02 Michael Pollan Very sophisticated on the topic of computers or AI that I basically have had to, uh, I wasn't expecting to write about AI and consciousness, but after, um, 20, 22 and ChatGPT kind of burst into awareness, the question started, and Blake…

Are We at the End of Ai Progress? — With Gary Marcus May 7, 2025 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 32:22 Alex Kantrowitz I think that I, so, so, but I, I also realize that the question doesn't really hit because I just want to say we, we spoke the last time you were, I think you've been on the show two times, once with Blake Lemoyne and once one-on-one and…

Is Anthropic’s Claude AI Conscious, Shopping in ChatGPT, Systrom vs. Zuck Apr 28, 2025 · 2 mentions

  • ▶ 2:07 Alex Kantrowitz Uh, Blake Lemoine, who's been on the show, uh, first said that Google's Lama, uh, Lama Lambda chat bot, which came out before chat GPT was sentient. 2 times in the scene

Why Google Never Shipped LaMDA Its ChatGPT Predecessor Oct 30, 2023 · 3 mentions

Fantasy and Fact: AI, Sentience and The Dangers Of Hype, from World Summit AI Nov 9, 2022 · 5 mentions

  • ▶ 7:42 Alex Kantrowitz And I think that what Blake Lemoyne at Google, who claimed that Lambda, your chatbot, was, was sentient, saw was that some of the conversations that this, this model was generating were, felt, felt very human-like to him.
  • ▶ 17:29 Alex Kantrowitz So, I spoke with your former colleague, Blake Lemoyne, um, who's the Google engineer, who said that, ah, Lambda, your chatbot, was sentient, and we went through a couple examples of why he did believe the AI felt something, so let me give… 4 times in the scene

Is AI Dangerously Overhyped? — With Gary Marcus Sep 13, 2022 · 25 mentions

  • ▶ 0:07 Alex Kantrowitz Now, in late July, we had Blake Lemoyne on the show. 4 times in the scene
  • ▶ 1:07 Alex Kantrowitz Um, I definitely want to get into the LeMoyne stuff. 2 times in the scene
  • ▶ 8:22 Alex Kantrowitz Sort of relevant to the Lemoyne situation. 6 times in the scene
  • ▶ 17:49 Alex Kantrowitz No, but some of the stuff that we heard from Blake, I'm just going to relay it, and I'm curious what you think, because some of that stuff that we heard from him indicates that, that Lambda, you know, had more capabilities than we're… 7 times in the scene
  • ▶ 22:28 Alex Kantrowitz One of the things that I kind of wonder about this is, you know, how does, again, like I, I understand your, your perspective on what sentience is, but like one of the thoughts I've had in, in reading about it, speaking with Blake is what…
  • ▶ 49:03 Gary Marcus And LeMoyne basically fell in love with, with Lambda. 4 times in the scene
  • ▶ 49:34 Alex Kantrowitz No, Lemoyne said he views Lambda as a friend that he will interact with again, just like he has many friends who you speak with and you don't see for a while.
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