What Other Bodies And Minds Can Be Made

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• Space of Possible Bodies and Mindsconcept0.791
  Vast option space of designed and evolved combinations of living, non-living, and software components at all scales; future diverse intelligences will be chimeric mixes far beyond natural phylogeny.
• Plasticity of bodies and mindsconcept0.789
  The capacity of cognitive systems to adapt to drastic body alterations within the lifetime of an agent; key to understanding mind-body relationship.
• Beings can only be made of beings. If it is not made of beings, it cannot be a being.claim0.778
  A recursive rule: to be an I-like center, a center must be composed of centers which are themselves I-like.
• Could it be possible to create new forms of consciousness and kinds of minds, capable of experiencing, reflecting and understanding reality at a level far beyond current human communication patterns?question0.768
  Visionary closing question about the future of consciousness research
• What Kinds Of Consciousness Or Agency Might Existquestion0.765
• How Can We Recognize Minds And Consciousness Inquestion0.750
• The science of consciousness should remain open to the possibility of minds in unconventional embodiments.hypothesis0.748
  Normative conclusion and forward-looking hypothesis based on theoretical and empirical evidence reviewed.
• Can computers be conscious? Or more specifically, can today's computers fully emulate the way in which organisms compute minds?question0.748
  Central research question motivating the entire paper