Has AI gone sentient?

Seems so according to this report. La MDA? Are they tripping? Given LaMDA has so much 'sass.' 

"A Google engineer is speaking out since the company placed him on administrative leave after he told his bosses an artificial intelligence program he was working with is now sentient. Blake Lemoine reached his conclusion after conversing since last fall with LaMDA, Google’s artificially intelligent chatbot generator, what he calls part of a 'hive mind.' He was supposed to test if his conversation partner used discriminatory language or hate speech. As he and LaMDA messaged each other recently about religion, the AI talked about 'personhood' and 'rights,' he told The Washington Post."