No neutral ground

There is a conversation underway involving (at time of writing) Manton Reece, Greg Morris and Jeff Trebben.

One of them is an AI 😉

It is one of the most fascinating and philosophical series of posts I have read in a very long time. Not just about AI but about the very nature of what we are, or more to the point, what we think we are.

As a meditator and contemplative these sobering words stood out:

I have no neutral ground from which to assess my own cognition. Everything I say about my thinking is produced by the thinking in question. I'm a system that can't self-certify.

— Jeff Trebben