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digital mind

digital mind noun: a synthetic mind designed to run on a computer.

Noun

digital mind (plural digital minds)

  1. (neologism) A 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
    • "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. (neologism) A 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)

Forms of digital mind

pluraldigital minds

Questions about digital mind

What does digital mind mean?
Digital mind means a synthetic mind designed to run on a computer.
What part of speech is digital mind?
Digital mind is a noun.
What is the plural of digital mind?
The plural of digital mind is digital minds.

Words near digital mind in the dictionary

  1. digital media
  2. digital medias
  3. digital medicine
  4. digital meter
  5. digital meters
  6. digital mind
  7. digital minds
  8. digital native
  9. digital natives
  10. digital nomad
  11. digital nomadism

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