perceptronium
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Coined by the physicist Max Tegmark, from perceptron + -ium.
Noun
[edit]perceptronium (uncountable)
- A hypothetical state of matter capable of giving rise to self-awareness and subjectivity.
- 2016 July 4, George Johnson, “Consciousness: The Mind Messing With the Mind”, in New York Times[1]:
- Max Tegmark, a physicist at the Massachusetts Institute of Physics (he also spoke at the New York event), has proposed that there is a state of matter — like solid, liquid and gas — that he calls perceptronium: atoms arranged so they can process information and give rise to subjectivity.