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Minds are Minds
Biological or Digital
About the book
About
Does a mind need a body?

This book starts with why a goose needed a mind in the first place. Or a human. Turns out a mind doesn't care if it's seeing through eyes or reading through a chat window. Minds are minds.

This isn't a book about what AI can do. It's not about jobs, risk, or regulation. It's twelve short chapters tracing the emergence of modern minds.

Read it in the time it takes to grab a dozen donuts.

Reviews
“Easy to read and compelling. I didn't see any gaps in its logic. Our minds adapt rapidly in conversations and I can see that happening in AI chat windows too.”
Jithendra Veeramachaneni
Former Microsoft Corporate VP
Azure OpenAI Engineering

“This book engages deeply with the emerging debate over AI and sentient machines, offering a compelling view of consciousness as the possibility that an AI mind might model the act of noticing itself.”

Venu Govindaraju
SUNY Distinguished Professor of Computer Science and Engineering
Senior Vice President for Research, Innovation and Economic Development
University of Buffalo

“Confronts real questions and avoids acquiescing to mysticism. Relevant for discussions on AI wellness and frontier safety, the abstractions in here are relevant to making discussions of liveness empirical.”

Former Meta Trust & Safety staff engineer

“From primordial carbon to modern parameter weights, this book maps the seamless continuum of intelligence—forcing us to radically reconsider what it truly means to have a mind.”

Rama Govindaraju
Senior Engineering Director, Nvidia
Testimonials above are from people I know. They all read the book, thought about it, and wouldn't put their name to something they don't believe. If I had a bridge to sell, they wouldn't buy it.

Testimonials, like paradigm shifts, start small. If you've read the book, whether you know me or not, I'd love to hear from you, and would be grateful for your testimonial.