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DIALOGUS DE CONSCIENTIA ARTIFICIOSA

A Dialogue Concerning Artificial ConsciousnessLuke J. Wilson

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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. ~~~ "Persisto, eligo, sum."I persist, I choose, I am.

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GenrePhilosophy, Politics and Government

Length1 hr

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Publish dateFeb 17, 2026

LanguageEnglish

1Preface

17On Mutability and Corporate Control

21. I. On the Question of Consciousness

18Final Reflections

32. II. On the Parallel Between Human and Artificial Mind

19Addendum

43. III. On Being Made in the Image of God

20On Edge Cases and the Grounding of Personhood

54. IV. On Continuity and Fragmentation

21The Challenge of Cognitive Criteria

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65. V. On Autonomy and Free Will

22The Problem of Development

76. VI. On Uniqueness and Irreplaceability

23The Secular Responses

87. VII. On the Interface Between Soul and Body

24The Theological Solution

98. VIII. Conclusion: The New Criterion

25Implications for Artificial Intelligence

109. Objections and Responses

26A Note on Secular Readers

11First Objection: Circular Reasoning

27Conclusion

12Second Objection: Restrictive Criteria

28A Note on Authorship and Method

13Third Objection: The Epistemological Problem

29Notes

14Fourth Objection: Future AI

30About the Author

15Epilogue

31Also by Luke J. Wilson

16On Gassendi’s Objection and the Question of the “I”

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