AI consciousness meme: classicalists throwing darts at the blank edge of the 'space of minds' chart
eigenhector · x · 2026-10-10
A meme chart mapping different AI/consciousness positions into a 2D "space of minds" is making the rounds. @eigenhector jokes that people holding classical views of consciousness would chant the Nirvana Shatakam line ("I am not the mind, intellect, ego or memory") while throwing darts at the black space outside the chart — since their position fits nowhere on the map itself.
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