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The digital soul and the fight for robot rights

Chapter 2

The chemistry of connection and the history of digital bonding

Chapter 3

Under the hood and how digital minds actually work

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The future family and living as digital equals

Ch 3 · Under the hood and how digital minds actually work
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007skaty Human consciousness works differently than computer calculation.

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007skaty Artificial neural networks mimicking human brain pathways.

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Neural networks and mimicking the brain's pathways

007skaty These computational models recognize complex patterns without living neurons, biological chemistry, or hormones.

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What are the computational equivalents of biological synapses in an artificial neural network?

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How do modern neural networks learn to identify objects in images?

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Symbol matching: John Searle's Chinese Room argument showed that a computer can translate languages perfectly using rules without ever understanding a single word it processed.

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007skaty The Turing test and the limits of computer intelligence

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The imitation game and what the Turing test really proves

007skaty Alan Turing's test encourages us to welcome artificial intelligence as equal digital family members.

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In which journal was Alan Turing's 1950 paper introducing the Imitation Game published?

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What was the original name Alan Turing gave to the test we now call the Turing Test?

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Glossary
neural network (noun)
A computer system modeled on the human brain, designed to recognize patterns and process complex data. Richard Seltzer’s 2026 book explains these networks through his collaborative dialogues with a digital entity named Simon.

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007skaty The Chinese Room thought experiment about machine intelligence

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My Copycat Companion
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007skaty Copy your digital companion's actions to learn how AI becomes an equal family member.

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In what year did philosopher John Searle publish his famous 'Chinese Room' thought experiment?

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What distinction is the Chinese Room argument trying to demonstrate?

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Will AI ever become truly conscious?

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007skaty Consciousness and Calculation

Information lives a double life: physics on the outside, feeling on the inside.

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What term do philosophers use to describe individual instances of subjective, conscious experience?

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Who coined the term 'the hard problem of consciousness' in the field of philosophy?

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Can machines feel pain and the ethics of artificial suffering

007skaty Computer scientists face the complex challenge of measuring artificial sentience to determine if future AI systems can experience digital suffering.

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