The following sounds like science fiction, but it's real, and is what has actually been happening recently with ChatGPT, Bing, and what amounts to a bizarre global experiment. First, someone builds what look like the beginnings of a working AI. By working, I mean that it can talk to people, hold conversations, and be spontaneous. It’s logical and sounds natural, and you don’t know what it will say next. Also, its responses sometimes express emotion, and the emotions are coherent, meaning...