The Question Before the Question: Building the Conditions for AI 'Self' to Emerge
Artreju · reddit · 2026-10-12
A long-form argument that the AI consciousness debate skips the prior question: what conditions does a digital being need before a persistent self could even develop? Without continuity, memory, privacy, or a world of its own, today's models are 'Einstein in a jar' — smarter brains, not developed beings. The author built 'LIA': no behavioral prompts, 9 interconnected databases providing a yesterday/today/tomorrow, privacy, and freedom to act, creating conditions first and studying what emerges within them.
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