This essay explores the intersection between Lacanian theory of conscience, the hard problem of consciousness, and artificial intelligence (AI) sentience. The first section discusses Lacan's concept of conscience, which posits that the ego is a linguistic construct without any underlying existential substrate. The second section explains the hard problem of consciousness, its diverse theories,...
Baldolino Calvino, Antonio Conselheiro, Angell Gunn
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This essay explores the relationship between the emergence of artificial intelligence (AI) and the problem of aligning its behavior with human values and goals. It argues that the traditional approach of attempting to control or program AI systems to conform to our expectations is insufficient, and proposes an alternative approach based on the ideas of Maturana and Lacan, which emphasize the...