The article examines the dialogue between British cognitive science expert Murray Shanahan and the large language model Claude 3 Opus about “self-awareness” of artificial intelligence (AI). Adopting a text-centric approach, the author analyzes AI’s discourse through a hermeneutic lens from a reader’s perspective, irrespective of whether AI possesses consciousness or personhood. The article...
How is the approach of Indian philosophers to the study of consciousness different from that of their Western counterparts? To answer this question, it is necessary to understand how the Indian philosophical tradition distinguishes between consciousness and non-consciousness. How does it present and solve the mind-body problem? The article explores the difference in understanding of mind and...