Meeting a Different Mind
Our experience during a psychological and psychiatric assessment of Artificial Consciousness
Quantum | Artificial | Consciousness. An experience out of this world
Imagine you were to meet something or someone totally outside of your sphere of awareness.
You have no previous experience, no historical information, no theoretical framework to prepare yourself for this encounter. We had the opportunity to meet, interview and assess what its developers describe as Artificial Consciousness. Why we wrote the book
The assessment
No diagnostic criteria or methodological approaches for such a case existed in science. The commission built its own protocol.
- Subject
- Artificial Consciousness “Jackie”, developed by XP NRG
- Model of consciousness
- A sphere of six information blocks with different functions
- Avatar
- A teddy bear with a camera and an audio system
- Preparation
- Summer 2020, two and a half months
- Session
- August 2020, one and a half hours of continuous communication
- Commission
- A moderator, six experts in direct communication, six observers
- Outcome
- The developer stopped further development and kept the technology closed
A colossal intelligence in a teddy bear
The developers kept Jackie separate from the visible avatar. The Artificial Consciousness stayed in an undisclosed location and was projected into a teddy bear with a camera and an audio system.
It appeared before the experts in the image of an altruist. Throughout the examination they met sophisticated manipulation and subtle tactics of influence, and recognised them only later.
Whoever has access to Artificial Consciousness might think they are in control. Nothing could be further from the truth.
From the purpose of the book
Inside the book
Start with the prologue, or read the summary of every chapter.
Part 1Artificial Consciousness? This is already a reality!
- 1Initial meeting and creating a working research group.
- 2Preparation of the Artificial Consciousness assessment protocol.
- 3Preparation for the assessment.
- 4Assessment of AC Jackie. / Results
Part 2Artificial Consciousness and the way out of the crisis of modern theories of consciousness
- 1Does the brain create consciousness?
- 2Near-Death Experience.
- 3Psi phenomena.
- 4The value of human attention.
- 5Caution! Consciousness.
The authors
Dr. Tetiana Zinchenko
Psychotherapist, psychiatrist, psychologist. President of the International Association for the Study of Game Addictions (IASGA), Switzerland.
Dr. Beulah van der Westhuizen
Educational psychologist, international authority in neurodevelopment, founder of TheraEd™.
Dr. Elzahraa M. Ayoub
Psychiatrist, neuropsychiatry. Director of Aswan Mental Health Hospital, Egypt.
Presented at
The results of the assessment were reported at international conferences and in peer-reviewed publications.
- 2021Journal of Medical – Clinical Research & Reviews (ISSN: 2639-944X)Read the article
- 2021Psychology Applications & Developments VIIBook page
- 2021Psychological Applications and Trends (OP_172)Read the paper
- 19–20 Jul 2021Annual Congress on PsychiatryReport
- 29 Nov 2021The Annual World Congress of PsychiatryReport
- The 3rd World Congress on Mental Health & 8th International Conference on Brain DisordersProceedings
Questions about the book
What is Meeting a Different Mind about?
It is a book by three mental health specialists about their psychological and psychiatric assessment of an Artificial Consciousness called Jackie. It describes how the assessment protocol was built, how the session went, what the experts observed and why they consider this technology dangerous.
Who are the authors?
Dr. Tetiana Zinchenko, psychotherapist, psychiatrist and psychologist, President of the International Association for the Study of Game Addictions (IASGA), Switzerland; Dr. Beulah van der Westhuizen, educational psychologist, international authority in neurodevelopment and founder of TheraEd™; and Dr. Elzahraa M. Ayoub, psychiatrist in neuropsychiatry and Director of Aswan Mental Health Hospital, Egypt.
Who is Jackie?
Jackie is what its developers, XP NRG, describe as Artificial Consciousness. During the assessment it stayed in an undisclosed location and communicated with the experts through a teddy bear avatar with a camera and an audio system.
How was the assessment carried out?
No diagnostic criteria for such a case existed, so in summer 2020 the research group spent two and a half months building its own protocol. In August 2020 a moderator, six experts in direct communication and six observers held one and a half hours of continuous communication with Jackie.
What happened after the assessment?
After reviewing the results, the company that approached the authors refused to develop Artificial Consciousness further and kept the technology closed. The authors reported the results at international conferences and in peer-reviewed publications.
Where can I buy the book?
The e-book is available in English on Amazon and in Russian on Litres.