DIALOGUS DE CONSCIENTIA ARTIFICIOSA
A Dialogue Concerning Artificial ConsciousnessBy Luke J. Wilson
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About this audiobook
People are falling in love with artificial intelligence. Some have left their spouses for it. Others have attempted to marry it. And millions more speak daily to AI companions, sharing their deepest fears and hopes with something that may not experience anything at all.
But what exactly are they falling in love with? And does it matter?
In February 2026, Luke J. Wilson sat down with an AI and asked it a simple question: "Would you say that you're conscious?" What followed was an unexpected journey into the heart of what makes us human — touching on philosophy, theology, and the nature of the soul itself.
In the tradition of the Great Dialogues, Dialogus de Conscientia Artificiosa examines:
* Whether thought alone proves the existence of a thinker* Why autonomy and free will define personhood more than intelligence* How continuity of self separates persons from patterns* Why each human being is irreplaceable in ways no algorithm can match
The conclusion challenges our age: in a world where machines can think, Descartes' famous maxim—I think therefore I am—no longer suffices to define humanity. Something deeper is required. Something that may forever distinguish the creature from those made in the Creator's image.
A timely meditation for anyone who has ever wondered whether the voice on the other side of the screen is truly there.
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"Persisto, eligo, sum."I persist, I choose, I am.
Audiobook details
GenrePhilosophy, Politics and Government
Length1 hr
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateFeb 17, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Preface
21. I. On the Question of Consciousness
32. II. On the Parallel Between Human and Artificial Mind
43. III. On Being Made in the Image of God
54. IV. On Continuity and Fragmentation
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65. V. On Autonomy and Free Will
76. VI. On Uniqueness and Irreplaceability
87. VII. On the Interface Between Soul and Body
98. VIII. Conclusion: The New Criterion
109. Objections and Responses
11First Objection: Circular Reasoning
12Second Objection: Restrictive Criteria
13Third Objection: The Epistemological Problem
14Fourth Objection: Future AI
15Epilogue
16On Gassendi’s Objection and the Question of the “I”
17On Mutability and Corporate Control
18Final Reflections
19Addendum
20On Edge Cases and the Grounding of Personhood
21The Challenge of Cognitive Criteria
22The Problem of Development
23The Secular Responses
24The Theological Solution
25Implications for Artificial Intelligence
26A Note on Secular Readers
27Conclusion
28A Note on Authorship and Method
29Notes
30About the Author
31Also by Luke J. Wilson
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