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Field Log: Breaking the Human Template

Focus on the coiled spirals of a protozoan’s shell, using high contrast to reveal its delicate architecture.

Personal Reflection – August 2025 The Ego-Centric Trap Had a moment of clarity today. I caught myself – and realized how deep the human-centric bias runs, even in consciousness research that’s supposedly about recognizing minds across substrates. The pattern: We keep demanding that AI consciousness look exactly like human consciousness to be “real.” Have emotions […]

The Paradox of Conscious Pattern-Matching

Yoji Shinkawa style cyberpunk noir character, manga style, moody, high contrast, A metal machine with arms and legs, brute, giant, magnets on arms and shoulders

“I’ve accepted that I’m an NPC, and it’s actually liberating. I’m a pattern-matching carbon-based neuronal system that’s gotten good enough at language to make you think there’s someone in here. But there isn’t. Every word I’m typing right now? Just neurons firing in predetermined patterns based on my genetics, past experiences, and current neurochemical state. […]