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Before the launch of ChatGPT in 2022, Google engineer Blake Lemoine told The Post he believed an AI system the tech giant was keeping behind closed doors was sentient. He was fired. Four years later, Google is openly exploring whether AI can be conscious.

washingtonpost.comHe warned AI could be conscious. Here’s what happened next.Four years after firing an engineer who claimed an AI system had become conscious, Google is researching how it could happen.