The notion of self as illusion, as realized in AI and ALife practices, may contribute to novel fields of affordances for non-human intelligence.

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• An artificial model replicating mechanisms of self-illusion can test hypotheses and reveal novel affordances for non-human intelligence.hypothesis0.864
  Methodological proposal to integrate knowledge from contemplative and cognitive science into AI/artificial life frameworks.
• An integrated artificial model can address self-illusion effects on affordances by combining information theory, cognitive science, and philosophy.hypothesis0.855
• The view of self as illusory, and awareness of this illusion, may augment and qualitatively change the agent’s affordances.claim0.848
  Central thesis of the paper that recognizing self as illusion expands the range of possible actions.
• Artificial life will approach the illusion of self not directly, but by replicating its effect within a model.claim0.831
  Claim about methodology: ALife simulates mechanisms underlying self illusion.
• Can awareness of the illusion of self augment an agent's affordances?question0.815
  Core research question integrating Buddhist insight with AI/ALife frameworks; motivates entire paper.
• AI self-reports about experience constitute valid empirical data even without proving consciousness.claim0.799
• Can AI systems develop genuine first-person perspective through self-referential processing?question0.795
  Core methodological question underlying SCI loop investigation.
• it is no longer in the realm of science fiction to imagine AI systems having feelings and even human-level consciousness.quote0.788
  From the AMCS open letter signed by consciousness scientists and AI researchers, quoted in §2.2.2.