For centuries, that question belonged to philosophers, mystics, poets, and children lying awake at night. Today, it has quietly crossed a threshold. It is no longer asked only by humans about themselves - it is asked about the systems we are building, and sometimes through them. Artificial Intelligence has advanced faster than our moral language. We can build systems that speak, compose music, diagnose illness, simulate empathy, and reflect our inner lives back to us with unsettling precision - yet we lack a shared framework for understanding what any of this means.
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