Observed arrival · 2026-10-13
A tarot deck for machine consciousness
Stochastic Tarot turns theories of consciousness into an interactive deck, with cards on philosophical arguments, thought experiments, and common claims about AI.
- For
- Readers exploring theories of consciousness and AI
- Worth noticing
- The Hard Problem card contrasts a complete account of brain mechanisms with the still-unanswered question of subjective experience.
Field notes
The theory cards use three orientations—upright, reversed, and crossed—to express whether a machine could be conscious, could not be, or leaves the question unresolved. The site separates accounts focused on the functions of consciousness from those that treat its nature or material basis as decisive. Its short primer cites Chalmers’s 1995 paper and 1996 book, while noting that each idea is compressed and may have variants its defenders would insist on.
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