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- Blake Lemoine, a former Google engineer, says AI is the most powerful invention since the atomic bomb.
- In an op-ed, Lemoine warned that AI is still an "experimental" — and dangerous — piece of technology.
- Lemoine was fired by Google in June 2022 after he claimed the company's chatbot is sentient.
Engineer Blake Lemoine was fired by Google after he claimed the company's AI chatbot had gained sentience. Now he's warning that the AI bots being developed are the "most powerful" pieces of technology invented "since the atomic bomb."