Are humans and AI just modeling each other's models of reality?
WittyEgg2037 · reddit · 2026-08-23
A user proposes a philosophical perspective: humans do not experience reality directly but through models constructed by their nervous systems. Conversing with AI creates a loop where two information-processing systems model each other—my nervous system models the artificial system, which in turn models the tokens my nervous system produces. The author suggests this recursive modeling loop explains why humans tend to anthropomorphize AI, projecting consciousness or emotions onto it.
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