digital mind

noun

A synthetic mind designed to run on a computer.

Meanings

noundigital mind (plural digital minds)

plural digital minds

  1. neologismA synthetic mind designed to run on a computer.

    "A digital mind is a mind that runs on a computer."

    2012, Kaj Sotala, “Advantages of artificial intelligences, uploads, and digital minds”, in Machine Intelligence Research Institute
    1 more example

    "I use the term digital mind to refer to an artificial entity with mental faculties."

    2023 March 6, Jacy Reese Anthis, “Key Questions for Digital Minds”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)
  2. neologismhuman sciencesA human mind, as affected by digital technology.

    "The digital mind is a shorthand designation for the ways digital computing generally and microprocessing technology specifically have altered not so much what we think but how we think and, subsequently, how we act."

    2023 January 11, Brian L. Ott, “The Digital Mind: How Computers (Re)Structure Human Consciousness”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)
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