The View from Nowhere
by Thomas Nagel · first published 1986
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By far my favourite book on consciousness is "The View From Nowhere" by Thomas Nagel. It doesn't mention AI but you can make the connections yourself. David Chalmers has a recent book and a bunch of papers on AI and consciousness. I haven't read the book or much of…
on “Ask HN: Recommend philosophy around consciousness and AI” ↗Actually, there is something of an anti-solipsist position. Thomas Nagel discusses it in his classic "The View From Nowhere." If solipsism might be regarded as holding that nothing exists other than what is perceived from one's _subjective_ viewpoint, then anti-solipsism holds that nothing exists other than the _objective_…
on “Ask HN: What's your philosophy?” ↗