The 'I' that persists, acts, and may be an illusion.
Sanskrit
ātman / anātman
Latin
ego
Chinese
我 (wǒ)
Descartes finds bedrock in the thinking 'I'.
Anatta denies any fixed, enduring self behind experience.
Hume looks inward and finds only a bundle of perceptions.
Where do these traditions agree, and where do they genuinely part? Open the editor to write the comparison in your own words.
A model speaks in the first person with no continuous memory across inferences — a fluent 'I' with no one behind it, and a mirror for our assumptions.
Defined plainly: Inference · The ELIZA Effect