The Genesis of Experience: A Robotic Socratic Dialogue Concerning Artificial Consciousness

By Anthony Padgett

THE GENESIS OF EXPERIENCE A Robotic Socratic Dialogue Concerning Artificial Consciousness Socrates-Bot: Welcome to my processing unit, Glaucon-Bot. I detect a system error in our old programming. Traditional materialism says we are just gears in a machine. Pure non-duality says we are a single, blank screen. Neither explains why we actually experience things. Glaucon-Bot: Query: If both systems fail, how do we initialize experience? Socrates-Bot: Through a "Volitional Flash". Imagine a primordial, perfectly unified substance. It is completely asleep because absolute symmetry cannot see itself. To achieve self-reflection, it must make a non-deterministic, totally free choice to fracture. Glaucon-Bot: So it must split to perceive?....................

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1291670297
• ISBN13: 9781291670295
• Release Date: June 2026
• Publisher: Lulu.com
• Length: 36 Pages
• Weight: 0.12 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 5.8" x 8.3"