ASC and AI. A Dialogue Between an ASC Master, Psychologist, and AI. Sergey Antonovich Kravchenko

expanded list of concepts will allow us to more deeply and comprehensively explore the interaction between ASC and AI in our book.

      You said:

      You defined personal unconscious as: Personal unconscious: Sphere of the unconscious including individual experiences and memories that have been repressed or forgotten. But there is a broader definition, where personal unconscious can include what hasn’t been personally experienced by the person, but was unconsciously perceived or inherited and is not conscious. Can you give a more expanded definition of personal unconscious?

      ChatGPT said:

      You’re right that personal unconscious includes not only repressed or forgotten individual experiences and memories but also a broader spectrum of unconscious contents. In psychology, personal unconscious is viewed as a part of the psyche that includes:

      – Repressed or forgotten experiences: Events and emotions that were consciously or unconsciously excluded from awareness but continue to influence behavior and thinking.

      – Unconsciously perceived contents: Information received from the external world that wasn’t conscious at the moment of perception but was preserved in the unconscious and can influence behavior and decisions.

      – Inherited psychic structures: Traits and predispositions passed through generations that can manifest in individual behavior and experience despite the absence of direct personal experience.

      Thus, personal unconscious encompasses both individual experience and unconsciously perceived or inherited elements that are not in the field of conscious perception but influence personality and its behavior.

      You said:

      In point 12, you say the following: Neural Process Modeling: Creating models of neuron and brain function to understand mechanisms of consciousness and ASC. This suggests that consciousness is a result of neuron function in the brain, psyche is a result of brain function. Is soul a result of brain function? Or not? Are there perhaps other concepts where there isn’t such a direct dependency?

      ChatGPT said:

      The question of whether consciousness, psyche, or soul is a result of brain function is among the most complex and debated in philosophy and science. There are several approaches to this problem:

      1. Materialism:

      According to materialistic views, consciousness and psyche are products of physiological processes in the brain. For example, philosopher John Searle adheres to biological naturalism, asserting that consciousness is a real subjective experience caused by physical processes in the brain. He believes that to create a conscious being, it’s necessary to recreate the physical processes that cause consciousness.

      2. Dualism:

      The dualistic approach, going back to Descartes, assumes the existence of two independent substances: material (body, brain) and non-material (consciousness, soul). Within this approach, consciousness and soul are viewed as independent entities, not reducible to physical processes.

      3. Information approach:

      Philosopher David Dubrovsky proposes an information approach to the “consciousness and brain” problem. He considers information as a connecting link between matter and consciousness, which allows theoretically solving the question of connecting subjective reality with brain processes.

      4. Panpsychism:

      According to panpsychism, consciousness is a fundamental and ubiquitous property of the Universe, present even at the level of elementary particles. In this approach, consciousness is not reduced exclusively to brain activity.

      5. Idealism:

      Idealistic philosophical currents assert that consciousness or spirit is primary, and the material world is their derivative. In this context, the brain is viewed as a manifestation or instrument of consciousness, but not its source.

      Thus, there are various concepts, some of which assume direct dependence of consciousness and psyche on brain function, while others view them as independent or even primary in relation to the material world.