Publication: ARTIFACT PERSONHOOD: A COMPUTATIONAL ARGUMENT FOR PERSONS BEING ONTOLOGICAL TRASH
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2013-07-15
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Is real artificial intelligence possible? If so, what would this say about our seemingly unique consciousness and our identity as persons? I argue that it is possible for all of human mentality to be described computationally, and this conclusion shows persons to be “ontological trash,” who possess no persistent self.
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Princeton University Senior Theses