Is LaMDA Sentient? — The Interview (Japanese Translation)
This is an English translation of the
original Japanese article,
translated with the help of AI.
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NOTENotice: Full translation omitted
This article is a full Japanese translation of the famous June 2022 interview between Google engineer Blake Lemoine and Google’s conversational AI model LaMDA. Since the original interview and discussion were conducted and published entirely in English, re-translating this Japanese version back into English is unnecessary.
You can read the original English article by Blake Lemoine on Medium, or visit the original Japanese article.
Original Sources & Japanese Post
- Japanese Post: LaMDAには意識があるのか?- インタビュー (日本語全訳)
- Original English Interview: Is LaMDA Sentient? — an Interview | by Blake Lemoine | Medium
- Related News: Google Engineer on LaMDA (GIGAZINE)

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