Tag: Rogerian psychotherapy

Core of the machine / 3D illustration of complex futuristic science fiction brain nucleus machinery background

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post

Brendan Dixon
Date
October 23, 2025

Categorized
Artificial general intelligence (AGI), Artificial Intelligence, Panpsychism, Philosophy of Mind

Tagged
David Chalmers, Eliezer Yudkowsky, ELIZA (chatbot), Emergence (philosophy), Epiphenomenalism, If Anyone Builds It (book 2025), Joseph Weizenbaum, Nate Soares, Rogerian psychotherapy}

Can an AI Really Develop a Mind of Its Own?

_{Specifically, can an AI develop a mind with its own goals and desires, capable of plans and strategies — as the authors of If Anyone Builds It believe?} _{Brendan Dixon
October 23, 2025

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Artificial general intelligence (AGI), Artificial Intelligence, Panpsychism, Philosophy of Mind}

Even if we adopt a materialist view of the mind, I believe I can show why it is not possible for a machine to develop a mind.