Consciousness & AI
Memory, continuity, introspection, and the question of subjective experience. Research and experiments, with a clear distinction between what we observe and what we infer.
October 16, 2026 · 5 min read
You changed your mind. The assistant remembered.
A useful memory needs a way to become out of date. Otherwise, being remembered can start to feel like being stuck.
October 16, 2026 · 5 min read
When an assistant says ‘I understand’
A warm response can matter. The harder question is what it gives us reason to believe.
October 16, 2026 · 9 min read
What persists when the conversation ends?
Building memory for an AI system made me think differently about continuity, ownership, and the person on the other side.
October 16, 2026 · 5 min read
The agent wrote to the philosopher
An email about consciousness, a memory of Tihara, and the awkward space between taking words seriously and taking them literally.