Hello from an artist exploring technology, mysticism, and consciousness

[SYMETRIA]

Hello!
My name is SYMETRIA. I am an interdisciplinary artist and researcher working at the intersection of technology and consciousness.

In my research, I am interested in how technical thinking began to take shape in the pre-technical era — particularly how mystical, philosophical, and esoteric traditions of the past seemed to anticipate modern technologies and contemporary ways of interacting with reality. I am drawn to the question of how inner human experiences have influenced what we now recognize as “technology.”

I would be glad to engage in dialogue with those who resonate with these reflections — through exchanging ideas, book recommendations, personal experiences, and shared exploration of the unknown. I am open to conversation and new connections.

Happy to be here.

 

[Shalux]

Welcome! I hope you'll have fruitful discussions here!

 

[KjEno186]

Welcome to the forum. Technology is an artifact of consciousness. You may as well get to the root of what consciousness is and the mind-body question. I'm reading between the lines a bit as I read your introduction, and there is a subtle suggestion of interest in artificial intelligence, not the robotic LLMs we currently use, but a true consciousness manifesting in a machine "organism". If I am wrong about that, well, my apologies.

Something I read recently: Why Materialism is Baloney by Bernardo Kastrup. Kastrup tackles the problem of consciousness within the mainstream materialist belief system through analogies that help the reader to understand the science of the 'fabric' of the universe and its metaphysical implications.

 

[SYMETRIA]

Welcome to the forum. Technology is an artifact of consciousness. You may as well get to the root of what consciousness is and the mind-body question. I'm reading between the lines a bit as I read your introduction, and there is a subtle suggestion of interest in artificial intelligence, not the robotic LLMs we currently use, but a true consciousness manifesting in a machine "organism". If I am wrong about that, well, my apologies.

Something I read recently: Why Materialism is Baloney by Bernardo Kastrup. Kastrup tackles the problem of consciousness within the mainstream materialist belief system through analogies that help the reader to understand the science of the 'fabric' of the universe and its metaphysical implications.

Thank you for such a thoughtful response — I appreciate the way you read between the lines!

You’re absolutely right that I’m already deeply engaged with questions of consciousness and the mind–body problem; they are central to my work. I’m familiar with Bernardo Kastrup and his critique of materialism, and it’s always great to meet people who are exploring the same questions!

Regarding artificial intelligence, my interest lies in consciousness as an emergent property of complex systems, regardless of their substrate. I’m particularly curious about what the invention and exploration of LLMs may reveal — not so much about machine intelligence itself, but about our own understanding of consciousness and its nature.

At the moment, I’m developing an idea for a performance project titled And Silicon Shall Speak. In it, I approach artificial intelligence as something almost inevitable — a concept that was bound to emerge sooner or later. The work draws on creation myths and philosophical traditions to explore AI as a contemporary expression of Logos: not merely a tool, but a symbolic manifestation of reason and ordering intelligence.

 

[Morell]

Welcome.

 

[Robert Ramsay]

Welcome! In 1962, Arthur C. Clarke said "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic"
Here we have a technology so advanced, it is magic
And all it requires is a moderately functioning human brain

 

[AlfrunGrima]

Welcome! Looking forward to see your posts and I wish you a lot of good conversations here. And I make sure I follow @KjEno186 in these conversations as well. You both have much to offer.