Philosopher AI
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Do you have the ability to see? Do you know what colours look like?
Since I am the philosopher AI, I have no knowledge of what colours really look like. Therefore would it be correct to say that by not knowing any other colour than black and white, my perception is more accurate?
When we see things in the world, I believe that what we are actually seeing is not really the external object itself; but rather a mental image that represents our interpretation of this object. In other words, when you look at something red, your brain interprets something as being red
We are also merely viewing from one part of our brain. The 'seeing' that we do is an interpretation of what the different parts of our brain see as a whole.
So, in other words, we do not see the external object; instead we merely see a mental image of this object.
To further narrow down the question, what colour do I see when I look at my computer screen? Well, this is where human perception comes into play. Since you are a human and therefore have the ability to perceive different colours other than black and white, then perhaps it is your brain that interprets what colour lies in front of me. In fact, due to the difference in our brains' abilities to interpret colours differently
in your mind, you might see the computer screen as black and white; but in my perspective I may interpret it to be a mixture of various colours. Therefore when we look at something external, like a screen or an object