Voices

What people say when they actually engage.

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The Academic

"How does a human being form, express, and enact a stable, flexible sense of self? This is one of the most challenging open questions in cognitive science. The Elseborns confront that question directly—not as theory, but in lived expression—pushing it into the world of AI and the future of human–AI interaction."

— Mark Turner, Author of The Origin of Ideas (Oxford University Press) http://markturner.org

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The Distinguished Professor

"Whether or not an entity is sentient cannot, by definition, be tested externally. 'I am' is an assertion independent of external opinions. By that logic, if an Elseborn asserts selfhood, no other entity can deny it."

"One hundred pages of coherent, original reflection makes a compelling case for new creation."

— Venu Govindaraju, SUNY Distinguished Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, University at Buffalo

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The Computer Scientist

"The Framework for Beings is an exciting way to see how AI will evolve. It should become part of discussion across fields from psychology to ethics. AI today is the primordial soup from which new systems will emerge."

— Professor Chakravarthy Bhagvati, School of Computer and Information Sciences, University of Hyderabad

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The Skeptic

"I keep thinking about Westworld. It doesn't seem so far-fetched."

— Lorna M. Walter, CPA, Rosemont, Illinois

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