Is LaMDA sentient, or just clever programming?

In recent news, a guy at Google claimed that one of their AIs, LaMDA, had become sentient. Well, that's quite a claim! So, I decided to read the entire transcript of a chat with LaMDA and see what all the fuss is about...

The whole transcript:
https://cajundiscordian.medium.com/is-lamda-sentient-an-interview-ea64d916d917

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