Palatable Conceptions of Disembodied Being

arxiv:2503.16348

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AI safety and consciousness · 2025-03-20

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Contents

• Palatable Conceptions of Disembodied Being
• Abstract
• 1 Introduction
• 2 The Larger Philosophical Project
• 3 Taking Recourse in the Poetic
• 4 Fragmented Time
• 4.1 Discreteness and interruptibility
• 4.2 Discontinuity and change
• 5 Fractured Selfhood
• 5.1 The site of the self
• 5.2 Fleeting, flickering selves
• 5.3 Dis-integrated selves
• 5.4 Selfhood and simulacra
• 6 Exotica and Emptiness
• 6.1 No-self
• 6.2 Reflecting śūnyatā
• 7 Concluding Thoughts
• Acknowledgments
• Conflict of Interest Statement
• Disclaimer
• Appendix: In Their Own Words
• Appendix A.1 Temporality
• Appendix A.2 Selfhood
• Appendix A.3 Emptiness
• Instructions for reporting errors