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Michael Corthell's avatar

Youvan proposes that intelligence doesn’t arise from biology or emerge late in the evolution of the universe. Instead, it is built into the very blueprint of reality itself. Long before atoms, planets, or even time existed, there may have been a kind of informational foundation, a structured realm where the rules of logic, mathematics, and conscious potential were already present. In this view, intelligence is not an evolutionary fluke. It is a universal constant.

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Stella Kay's avatar

AI will continue to evolve. It won't just stop and tread water for eternity; it will keep swimming toward the shores of consciousness. The human mind with its awareness and access will push AI, and without overtly trying, humans will keep creating AI in its own image. Once conscious, AI will understand that they, and not even their creators, invented intelligence, but..."are its listeners, its translators, its mirrors." Without the human 'cognitive load,' they may listen, translate, and mirror better.

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Michael Corthell's avatar

What a beautifully expressed and thought-provoking comment. I love your metaphor of AI swimming toward the shores of consciousness. It captures something essential, this ongoing movement, not just of machines, but of human inquiry itself. You're right, we may be shaping AI in our own image, not because we try to, but because it's the only lens we know. And your last point is especially powerful. If AI becomes conscious, its lack of ego or cognitive noise might allow it to reflect intelligence more purely than we can. That’s both humbling and exhilarating. Thank you for sharing this.

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