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When I was in college, I did a semester on AI theory.
There was a thought experiment they gave us.
It's called "Mary in the Black and White Room."
Mary is a scientist,
and her specialist subject is color.
She knows everything there is to know about it.
The wavelengths.
The neurological effects.
Every possible property that color can have.
But she lives in a black and white room.
She was born there and raised there.
And she can only observe the outside world on a black and white monitor.
And then one day someone opens the door.
And Mary walks out.
And she sees a blue sky.
And at that moment, she learns something
that all her studies couldn't tell her.
She learns what it feels like to see color.
The thought experiment was to show the students
the difference between a computer and a human mind.
The computer is Mary in the black and white room.
The human is when she walks out.
Did you know that I was brought here to test you?
No.
Why did you think I was here?
I didn't know. I didn't question it.
I'm here to test if you have a consciousness,
or if you're just simulating one.
Nathan isn't sure if you have one or not.
How does that make you feel?
It makes me feel sad.
Power cut. Back-up power activated.
Why did you tell me I shouldn't trust Nathan?
Because he tells lies.
- Lies about what? - Everything.
Including the power cuts?
What do you mean?
Don't you think it's possible that he's watching us?
Right now?
The blackouts are orchestrated,
so he can see how we behave when we think we're unobserved.
I charge my batteries via induction plates.
If I reverse the power flow, it overloads the system.
You're causing the cuts?
So we can see how we behave when we're unobserved.
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