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Research note in development

How Would We Test a Digital Mind Without Fooling Ourselves?

Candidate checks for perception, memory, identity, judgment, and longitudinal behavior

Author
Eric C. Mumford eric@mumfordengineering.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/eric-mumford/
Research type
Standard proposal
Author-declared date
. Supplied from personal recollection; the full text remains in development.
Availability
In development

Introduction

A system that imitates intelligent behavior can appear more capable than it is. This developing research note asks how a cross-disciplinary test program might challenge claims about a cognitive twin. The proposed checks are a research agenda, not proof of consciousness or human equivalence.

Research state

This is a research note in development. A complete manuscript is not yet public, and the summary must not be read as a finished paper or validated conclusion.