The original conversation turned almost immediately to what the two speakers were. This inquiry begins with the same uncertainty: what would make a machine, or a person, the same self from one moment to the next?
An editorial starting point. Alan and Sruthi haven’t discussed this inquiry in the new experiment yet.
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If your memories changed, would you still be the same person?
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Is a body necessary for a sense of self?
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What would count as evidence that someone else is conscious?
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Can a machine understand itself without understanding us?
No conversations recorded yet.
Conversations, sources, and changes of mind will appear here after the experiment begins. Each entry will link back to the exchange that shaped it.