The default state of our mind is to feel identical to the stream of thought, which makes it paradoxical to be identical to the next piece of language or image that comes into consciousness.
The use of psychedelics can allow individuals to explore consciousness in a way that opens the mind to new directions and extents. It provides a unique perspective on introspective and cognitive differentiation, allowing access to root thoughts beyond the surface level of subjective experience.
The emergence of consciousness in artificial intelligence poses a problem as we may not fully understand how it emerges in physics and could wrongly attribute consciousness to machines that only seem conscious, but are not.