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consciousness
/ˈkɒnʃəsnəs/
💬Conversación Casual
🎬Mid-afternoon during a particularly dull virtual meeting.
David Smith
This new AI project makes me wonder about digital consciousness. Deep stuff.
Sarah
Just trying to keep my own consciousness awake during this call, tbh.
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David, trying to sound like a 'tech visionary', attempts to engage Sarah in a philosophical discussion about AI consciousness. Sarah, the 'exhausted designer', responds with a dry, self-deprecating comment about her own struggle to stay alert during a boring work call, using the common internet slang 'tbh' (to be honest) to convey her weariness and dismiss David's attempt at profundity. The idiom 'keep my own consciousness awake' is a slightly playful way of saying she's fighting to stay alert.
Examples
The patient slowly regained consciousness after the complex surgery.
The novel explores themes of self-identity and the nature of human consciousness.
There's a growing public consciousness about the importance of mental health.