Machines, Intelligence and Subjectivity
A language model can solve a problem and describe an inner life. What would establish that it actually experiences anything?
John Hardy’s engineering notebook
Current bench Atom · Z80 systems · AI and authorship
A language model can solve a problem and describe an inner life. What would establish that it actually experiences anything?
This article argues that current AI systems can model thought with extraordinary power without becoming conscious subjects. It explains the difference between simulation and experience, syntax and meaning, and output and inner life for a technical audience.
Frames self-publishing as a technical choice that keeps writing durable and under my control. It ties that choice to why I am building this system and publishing here.
Sets out why the repository holds both the writing and the build so decisions stay traceable. It anchors that structure in classic web values and a minimal toolchain.