Perceptronium
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A hypothetical state of matter capable of giving rise to self-awareness and subjectivity. uncountable
"Max Tegmark, a physicist at the Massachusetts Institute of Physics (he also spoke at the New York event), has proposed that there is a state of matter — like solid, liquid and gas — that he calls perceptronium: atoms arranged so they can process information and give rise to subjectivity."
Example
More examples"Max Tegmark, a physicist at the Massachusetts Institute of Physics (he also spoke at the New York event), has proposed that there is a state of matter — like solid, liquid and gas — that he calls perceptronium: atoms arranged so they can process information and give rise to subjectivity."
Etymology
Coined by the physicist Max Tegmark, from perceptron + -ium.
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