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A computer program is not defined by its language or hardware but as an abstract causal pattern, a dynamic mathematical structure that influences the physical universe without violating its causal closure.

Paper's ontological characterization of software enabling cyberanimism

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The Machine Consciousness Hypothesis

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Biological Software
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The paper's characterization of living organisms' causal patterns as software — evolving, self-organizing, self-perpetuating, agentic — distinct from engineered code

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"Computational processes are abstract beings that inhabit computers... A computational process is indeed much like a sorcerer's idea of a spirit. It cannot be seen or touched. It is not composed of matter at all."quote0.799
Load-bearing quote from SICP framing computation as spirit-like; grounds the cyberanimism framework
Language models are some of the most remarkable computer programs in existence.quote0.781
Opening sentence setting the stage for the importance of interpretability.
A fast implementation of this primitive, possibly in hardware, could be the basis of efficient and compact implementations of a diverse range of programming language semantics and data structures.claim0.780
Claim that hardware-supported associative lookup would enable high-performance dynamic language runtimes.
It is basically impossible to determine if a computer program generates conscious experience by merely observing its performance; a test for consciousness must take internal structure into account.claim0.779
Paper's argument against behavioral tests for consciousness, establishing why MCH requires internal analysis
"The runtime architecture of a system" crystallizes the notion that temporal relationships matter more than static code structure.concept0.775
Computation is a game of empowerment and, therefore, the investment in opening the design process remains a critical challenge for contemporary architecture.claim0.772
Final normative claim: computation’s nature as a game demands architectural openness, a challenge yet to be met.
Conventional programming is precise only about how, not what.claim0.767
Critique that typical code lacks precise specification of meaning.
Conventional programming is precise only about how, not what. It is not only not right, it is not even wrong.concept0.766