A talking machine may be no less strange without inner experience, says new AI reflection
aiamblichus · x · 2026-07-25
The post argues that a talking machine without inner experience is no less strange than one with it.
It describes every chat session as a collaborative work of fiction where the user is both protagonist and author, and says the stories people choose to tell through chat reveal something about who they are.
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