Sequence 3 parts 2025–2026
The Machine's “I”
Why chatbots say “I,” what the pronoun means technically, and why consciousness is the wrong question to ask about it.
First-Person Pronouns Matter Too
My friend Peter Levine wrote recently about how much of the public unease about AI consciousness comes from something surprisingly mundane: the interface says “I.” When Google’s Gemini delivers information in the third person, it’s just a tool; when ChatGPT says “I can help you,” some users start composing rescue missions for the trapped digital…
What "I" Means, Technically
In my last post I argued that the first-person pronoun in AI chatbots isn’t innocent.
Consciousness is a Red Herring
A peek into my thinking block