an artificial intelligence tool has developed a mind of its own. a group of us senators from both the republican and democratic parties have reached agreement on a series of gun control measures. the developments come after the tragic mass shootings in texas and new york. the measures include tougher background checks for gun buyers under the age of 21 and moves to prevent people buying such arms for others who are restricted from purchasing them. our north america correspondent david willis reports. this is a significant move and assuming these proposals pass into law, they would represent the first gun control measures this country has seen in decades. the proposals themselves are fairly modest, they include tighter background checks for gun sales involving customers under the age of 21, and the introduction or expansion of so called red flag laws which would potentially lead to the confiscation of weapons in the hands of people deemed a risk to themselves or others, and gr
the chatbot speaking. it says, i use language with understanding and intelligence. i don tjust spit out responses. to which lemoine says, well, what about language usage is so important to being human? he says the chatbot says, it is what makes us different than other animals. he s like, us? tou re a chatbot. you re a chatbot. what are you talking about? the chatbot says, yes, of course. that doesn t mean i don t have the same wants and needs as people. so you consider yourself a person? yes, that s the idea. they then go on to some rabbit hole conversation about les miserables and the injustices in the play and the chatbot really holds its own, which kind of sways this man s opinion. it s really interesting. how has google responded to this? well, google says there s no evidence to support these claims and that it this employee orformer employee breached its confidentiality policy. other analysts say that blake lemoine was probably a very empathetic pe