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Objectophilia

Misplaced relationships with objects that seem mind-full but lack genuine agency — identified as one of two failure modes for relating to diverse intelligence

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Concepts (3)

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  • Objectophelia
    related_to
    One error mode in relating to unconventional beings: forming deep relationships with objects that appear mind-full but lack true agency.
  • The source paper under extraction — a philosophical essay by Michael Levin arguing that AI debates neglect deeper questions about diverse intelligence, developmental biology, and humanity's future
  • Teleophobia
    contradicts
    Excessive denial of agency and mind to entities, the opposite error to objectophilia

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cosine ≥ 0.65 · no typed edge

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  • Object Permanenceconcept0.720
    Required by the deductive theory of mirror self-recognition; not yet implemented in the current model
  • Alexander's redefinition: a phenomenon is objective when independent observers converge on the same results, not merely when mechanistic methods are used
  • uglinessconcept0.685
    The quality of built form that arises from structure-destroying transformations, lacking coherence and life.
  • psychoanalysismethod0.683
    Therapeutic interpretation of dreams, speech acts, as an example of creative decoding.