digital mind

English

Noun

digital mind (plural digital minds)

1. (neologism, futurology) A synthetic mind designed to run on a computer.
   • 2012, Kaj Sotala, “Advantages of artificial intelligences, uploads, and digital minds”, in Machine Intelligence Research Institute‎^[1]:

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

   • 2023 March 6, Jacy Reese Anthis, “Key Questions for Digital Minds”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎^[2]:

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

2. (neologism, psychology) A human mind, as affected by digital technology.
   • 2023 January 11, Brian L. Ott, “The Digital Mind: How Computers (Re)Structure Human Consciousness”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎^[3]:

     "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."