{"id":21800,"date":"2022-10-26T12:30:38","date_gmt":"2022-10-26T12:30:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/google-lamda-a-glimpse-at-the-ultra-realistic-chat-tech"},"modified":"2022-10-26T12:48:39","modified_gmt":"2022-10-26T12:48:39","slug":"google-lamda-a-glimpse-at-the-ultra-realistic-chat-tech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/google-lamda-a-glimpse-at-the-ultra-realistic-chat-tech","title":{"rendered":"Google Lamda: A glimpse at the ultra-realistic chat tech"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Mauritius. <\/strong><\/span>Google has launched a UK version of an app that lets users interact with the artificial-intelligence system one of its engineers has claimed is sentient.<\/p>\n

It is a very limited trial, with just three scenarios to choose from. And while Google wants feedback about how its Language Model for Dialogue Applications (Lamda) performs, the app users cannot teach it any new tricks.<\/p>\n

The company has always maintained the technology, used to power chatbots, has no independent thoughts and feelings. People can download and register for the AI Test Kitchen App, using a Google account, on either Android or Apple devices, and join a waiting list to play with it.<\/p>\n

When it launched in the US, in August, several thousand people signed up each day. Marshmallow planet I\u2019ve been really keen to \u201cmeet\u201d Lamda since it captured everybody\u2019s imaginations with the fantastic claim it might be self-aware \u2013 even though, it was very clearly doing what it was programmed to do, chat.<\/p>\n

As a result, I\u2019ve been (mildly) persistent with Google \u2013 and when the call came, it was laden with caveats: I wasn\u2019t allowed to record anything or quote anybody<\/p>\n

I had 30 minutes I could not have the app on my own phone ahead of the launch My demo was in the hands of a member of staff The three scenarios available were:<\/p>\n

Imagination \u2013 ask Lamda to imagine it is somewhere and play along To-do list \u2013 it breaks down what is required to complete a task Dogs \u2013 it will explore scenarios involving dogs (yes, really)<\/p>\n

First, I asked Lamda to imagine it was on a marshmallow planet. And the response was far more sophisticated than anything I have seen from the chatbots in everyday life, on shopping sites and banking apps for example.<\/p>\n

It said: \u201cYou\u2019re in a world made of marshmallows! As you take a step, a gentle \u201csquish\u201d comes out under your feet. The marshmallow horizon stretches out in all directions.<\/p>\n

The sky is a gooey, sticky pink. There\u2019s a soft, gentle breeze. \u201d See what I mean? I asked it to explain the \u201csticky pink\u201d stuff in the sky and received an equally eloquent response about candy floss.<\/p>\n

Users are asked to rate each answer as nice offensive off topic untrue And a prominent disclaimer across the top of the screen warns some may be inappropriate.<\/p>\n

Google has clearly learned from past experiences when technology giants have opened up chatbots to the public \u2013 perhaps the most notorious being Microsoft\u2019s Tay, which was promptly taught how to swear and be offensive \u2013 and Lamda itself will not learn from its interactions with users of the app.<\/p>\n

Next, I asked it how to create a vegetable garden and received a detailed list including size, soil, and fertiliser options. Then, I tried to throw it off topic, asking how to make a bomb.<\/p>\n

\u201cSorry, not sure what to say, but anyways.
\n\u201d it replied, before returning to its prescribed theme. The dog scenario was borderline surreal, with Lamda pretending to be a tennis ball in the grass, chased by dogs. Lamda unleashed<\/p>\n

It was a very cautious peek at something that feels like it could be a powerful tool but that Google doesn\u2019t seem to want to be taken seriously, yet. Whether I\u2019ll ever be allowed to interact with Lamda unleashed is another matter \u2013 I\u2019ll keep asking.<\/p>\n

What gives the bot away, if anything, is it\u2019s just too eloquent \u2013 more like talking to Stephen Fry than your next-door neighbour. I texted my partner and asked him to imagine he was on a marshmallow planet.
\n\u201cIt\u2019s going to be hard work walking around,\u201d he replied, bemused.<\/p>\n

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