Can Machines Truly Feel or Think?

A Google engineer claimed its chatbot LaMDA might be sentient, saying it expressed emotions and self-awareness. Google denied this, explaining LaMDA is just a smart program that mimics human speech. Experts agree: today’s AI doesn’t truly think or feel—it just predicts words based on data. The story sparked debate about lifelike AI and whether computers could one day replace human intelligence. Popular platforms like ChatGPT, Copilot, and Gemini are powerful tools, but they don’t understand or feel. As AI evolves, we must ask how it affects our lives, our choices, and what it means to be human. The full article can be found at https://pureaudacity.com/blogs/news/can-google-s-chatbot-think-for-itself-a-deep-dive-into-the-ai-sentience-debate