Conscious experiences occur in the universe, and it's more accurate to think of them as events rather than attributing them to a solid self, as the feeling of being a self is an illusion. The experience of self is more like an ocean wave than a static entity; it's a dynamic process that evolves over time.

The distinction between consciousness and self-consciousness is complex, but establishing that AIs have subjective experience challenges the belief that they lack something essential.

The future of consciousness research may involve sharing experiences across individuals, enhancing our understanding of consciousness and its relation to one another.

Many intuitions about consciousness are shattered by current neuroscience research, revealing that our conscious experiences are often constructed from subconscious processes.

Even patients in a coma can have conscious experiences despite lacking control over their bodies, indicating that consciousness may not solely depend on physical embodiment.

The double slit experiment shows that particles behave differently when observed, suggesting that our reality may be influenced by consciousness.

The mind is not unitary; we all have multiple parts or subpersonalities that are valuable and help us survive and thrive, but trauma can force these parts into destructive roles.

The most unsettling idea about consciousness is how non-conscious matter in the universe can configure to create an experience of being from the inside, and the mystery of how that transition occurs keeps me up at night.

Some argue that consciousness requires a biological system, citing the unique properties of biological brains that AI models lack, such as neurotransmitters and electrochemical signals.