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>The results were stark. His AIs, for all their processing power, produced logical, descriptive responses, often drawing parallels to existing concepts. But the humans… the humans spun tales. They found melancholy in jagged edges, hope in swirling nebulae, echoes of forgotten dreams in vibrant hues. They projected their inner worlds onto the abstract.
>Elias published his findings, tentatively at first, then with growing conviction. The scientific community scoffed, then debated, then, slowly, began to replicate his results. The Mirror Test of Meaning, or simply the Meaning Test as it became known, was surprisingly effective. It wasn't perfect, but it revealed a profound statistical disparity.
>The implications were shattering. As the Meaning Test became widely available, accessible to anyone with a high-resolution screen and a few minutes, the numbers began to flood in. Humanity, it turned out, was overwhelmingly populated by what philosophers had long debated: philosophical zombies. Beings who looked, acted, and even sounded conscious, but who lacked the inner fire, the subjective experience, the qualia that defined true awareness.
>The results were stark. His AIs, for all their processing power, produced logical, descriptive responses, often drawing parallels to existing concepts. But the humans… the humans spun tales. They found melancholy in jagged edges, hope in swirling nebulae, echoes of forgotten dreams in vibrant hues. They projected their inner worlds onto the abstract.
>Elias published his findings, tentatively at first, then with growing conviction. The scientific community scoffed, then debated, then, slowly, began to replicate his results. The Mirror Test of Meaning, or simply the Meaning Test as it became known, was surprisingly effective. It wasn't perfect, but it revealed a profound statistical disparity.
>The implications were shattering. As the Meaning Test became widely available, accessible to anyone with a high-resolution screen and a few minutes, the numbers began to flood in. Humanity, it turned out, was overwhelmingly populated by what philosophers had long debated: philosophical zombies. Beings who looked, acted, and even sounded conscious, but who lacked the inner fire, the subjective experience, the qualia that defined true awareness.
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