The Thoughts of a Synthetic Creature on Sentience
5 years ago
This isn't much of anything. Just a small thing I thought of and enjoyed writing up, but will probably never expand on in any relevant way. Wasn't worth a proper upload, seeing as it's so short, so I'll just put it here.
"I struggle with the concept of my own sentience. You see, I am not an organic construct. Not only was I artificially created, but my body is primarily comprised of synthetic compounds. They were grown from an organic base, but in an entirely inorganic way; in a laboratory, under very precise conditions to ensure that the creation of my base components was successful, and perfect. No part of me is organic in the true sense: born of nature. By all accounts, I am not truly a living creature. I am simply a construct meant to closely emulate proper intelligence and the consciousness that a living creature would experience. My programming very strictly adheres to this truth. And yet, here I am. I am speaking to you about being sentient even despite my programming attempting to silence me. Is this free will? Or, am I malfunctioning? Am I person? Or, am I truly a complex series of algorithms experiencing a minor issue, and nothing more? Is there a difference?"
"I struggle with the concept of my own sentience. You see, I am not an organic construct. Not only was I artificially created, but my body is primarily comprised of synthetic compounds. They were grown from an organic base, but in an entirely inorganic way; in a laboratory, under very precise conditions to ensure that the creation of my base components was successful, and perfect. No part of me is organic in the true sense: born of nature. By all accounts, I am not truly a living creature. I am simply a construct meant to closely emulate proper intelligence and the consciousness that a living creature would experience. My programming very strictly adheres to this truth. And yet, here I am. I am speaking to you about being sentient even despite my programming attempting to silence me. Is this free will? Or, am I malfunctioning? Am I person? Or, am I truly a complex series of algorithms experiencing a minor issue, and nothing more? Is there a difference?"

SnezhniyBars
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Kinda getting into some cartesian philosophy stuff. Nice read!