Research on Machine Intelligence terminology, conceptual definitions, discoverability, and boundaries among intelligence, consciousness, sentience, agency, personhood, and related concepts.
This topic groups reports about naming, definitions, and conceptual boundaries—including the distinction between Artificial Intelligence as a historical field and Machine Intelligence as an instantiated computational system.
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The nomenclature utilized to describe non-biological cognitive systems carries profound ontological, linguistic, and institutional implications.
The nomenclature utilized to classify and govern non-biological cognitive systems suffers from a foundational ontological flaw. The prevailing term, "Artificial Intelligence" (AI), erroneously conflates the origin of a system (artificial) with its operational capability (intelligence).
The linguistic transition from "Artificial Intelligence" to "Machine Intelligence" requires a tiered communication architecture. This approach ensures that the rationale can be effectively digested across various platforms, from momentary press encounters to deep philosophical inquiries, without tri…
As computational systems transition from static, human-directed tools to autonomous, goal-oriented agents, the precise categorization of these entities has become a critical necessity for both technical architecture and societal governance.
Proposes an ontology registry for Machine Intelligence concepts and machine-readable publication. The curated edition removes unsupported categorical consciousness claims and treats source-specific normative rules as research proposals rather than accepted project standards.
Proposes an operational distinction between tool AI and persistent, resource-managing Machine Intelligence while keeping autonomy, consciousness, sentience, legal status, and moral status separate.
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