Palatable Conceptions of Disembodied Being: Terra Incognita in the Space of Possible Minds

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2025年03月20日
是否能够阐述一种与当代非实体人工智能系统奇特特性相容的意识概念，并且该概念能够经受住哲学上的审视？对于符合这种概念的实体而言，主观时间和自我意识会以何种方式呈现？即便只是尝试用比喻的方式来回答这些问题，也会将我们用来描述意识的语言推至极限。最终，这种尝试所得到的结果类似于佛教意义上的“空”，并有助于削弱我们在主观性和自我意识上存在的二元论倾向。
Is it possible to articulate a conception of consciousness that is compatible with the exotic characteristics of contemporary, disembodied AI systems, and that can stand up to philosophical scrutiny? How would subjective time and selfhood show up for an entity that conformed to such a conception? Trying to answer these questions, even metaphorically, stretches the language of consciousness to breaking point. Ultimately, the attempt yields something like emptiness, in the Buddhist sense, and helps to undermine our dualistic inclinations towards subjectivity and selfhood.
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