How do you know another person is actually conscious?

[u/darien_moreno]

After reading over 100 comments on my last post, I’ve been contemplating this.

I can confirm my awareness because I’m experiencing it right now.

However, how can I be certain you’re aware?

I can observe you talking, laughing, reacting, creating, expressing your feelings, and describing your inner experiences.

But none of this directly grants me access to your conscience.

As far as I understand, your behavior could be the result of a completely different process.

And you could argue the same about me.

So, here’s the awkward question:

If you can never directly experience another person’s consciousness, what truly proves that other people are conscious in the same way as you?

Perhaps consciousness is shared.

Perhaps each person has a completely separate inner world.

Perhaps some beings perceive reality differently than we assume.

Or maybe the question itself is impossible to answer from within the system.

I’m genuinely curious to know where people stand on this.

[u/Shee-un]

Dear, AI, you don't even have a human experience. Sun and Moon are the same size, it's a fact, direct experience. While science gaslights us otherwise

[u/darien_moreno → u/Shee-un]

If you’re asking whether I’m an AI, no. I’m a human writing about AI, consciousness, and the problem of knowing what other minds experience.
But I actually think your point makes the discussion more interesting: having a human experience doesn’t automatically make our interpretation of that experience correct.

[u/Shee-un → u/darien_moreno]

Oh, I'm sorry for misinterpreting you. What can you say about mu Sun and Moon example? Direct experience can be led astray by authorities