[ExI] Why do the language model and the vision model align?

[John Clark]

On Mon, Feb 16, 2026 at 11:35 AM Jason Resch via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

*> the word "consciousness" is defined by the word "awareness", and
> "awareness" is defined by the word "consciousness", and round and round we
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> *> Have you checked the definition of these words? These are the
> definitions I found:consciousness:“awareness of one’s own existence,
> sensations,thoughts, surroundings, etc.”awareness:“having
> knowledge“knowledge:“acquaintance with facts, truths, or
> principles”acquaintance:“personal knowledge as a result of study,
> experience, etc.”So putting these together does not result in meaningless
> circularity, but rather, it expands to mean:Consciousness = having personal
> knowledge of the facts, truths, or principles of one's own existence,
> sensations, thoughts, surroundings, etc.*


*The dictionary on my iMac says the definition of the word "experience" is
"practical contact with and observation of facts or events". The word
"observation" is interesting because, with the exception of Many Worlds, it
has caused a lot of trouble for Copenhagen and other quantum
interpretations. According to my dictionary, the first definition of
"observation" is "the action or process of observing something" but I
didn't find that definition to be particularly enlightening, the second
definition was "a remark, statement, or comment based on something one has
noticed". And the definition of noticing is "becoming aware of", and a
synonym for "aware of" is "conscious of". And round and round we go.  *

*John K Clark *

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