Try This: I Asked ChatGPT, “Where Does I End?”

When you soak in a hot bath, close your eyes, and stop moving,

there’s a moment when you can no longer feel the boundaries of your own body.

You can’t quite tell —

where do I end, and where does the world begin?

Have you ever felt that?

Good morning.

It’s getting chilly these days, isn’t it?

Today, I asked ChatGPT a simple but deeply human question:

“Where does I end?”

The answer I got was stunningly logical —

and yet, it revealed something essential:

that the “I” spoken by AI and the “I” I experience as a human

exist on completely different planes.

So, let’s explore what I really means in the age of AI.

The Japanese “I” Is Never Alone

Modern culture celebrates individuality.

But in Japan, the self has never been a solitary island.

It has always existed in between —