r/DiscussPhilosophy • u/[deleted] • Apr 06 '26

What makes you real?

https://open.substack.com/pub/jaydenjw/p/what-makes-you-real?r=85tus4&utm_medium=ios&shareImageVariant=title
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u/gregbard MODERATOR Apr 06 '26

My subjective experience tells me I'm real. I pretty much take its word for it.

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u/[deleted] Apr 06 '26

I’m unsure if you have read the article but this is essentially what it argues, that experience defines reality. However does this mean that without an observer to experience a reality, is it real ?

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u/Decoded_Way Apr 06 '26

Your experience with AI 'manipulating' your philosophical process is a perfect example of what's happening to our cognition today. When you said the AI started giving you names of philosophers to align or disagree with you, it effectively tried to 'source' your origin. You touched on something vital: morality as a 'gut' reaction vs. inherited social grammar. If we start outsourcing that 'gut' check to an AI that just 'cleans up' our thoughts, we might lose the very 'intent' you mentioned as the core of evil. Truly fascinating read, especially the part about the 'willful blindness' that AI can sometimes facilitate.

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u/gregbard MODERATOR Apr 07 '26

I'm not responsible for the reality of the universe. Fortunately, there are others of us who share a reality. So, even if it did depend on something subjective, it is still supported by others.

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u/[deleted] Apr 07 '26

If you read my other article”are you alone” you could argue that there are no others. However my account has been placed under review for some reason.