Google CEO Denies AI Chatbot Is Sentient

Google CEO Sundar Pichai testifies during a remote video hearing held by subcommittees of the U.S. House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee on "Social Media's Role in Promoting Extremism and Misinformation" in Washington on March 25, 2021. U.S. House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee/Handout via Reuters

Alphabet Inc. CEO Sundar Pichai touched upon Artificial Intelligence (AI) acquiring sentience in an interview at Vox Media’s Code Conference Tuesday.

What Happened

Pichai discussed the case of a Google employee who was fired for claiming that the company’s AI chatbot was sentient, reported The Verge.

The Google CEO repeated the company’s position that the bot was not sentient and said, “The story was much bigger than I expected.”