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By TechTalks
April 15, 2022
![[article image]](https://cacm.acm.org/system/assets/0004/2792/041522_TechTalks_AI-jar.large.png?1650042939&1650042939 "Illustration of a brain with gears inside a jar.")
The "brain in a jar" is a thought experiment of a disembodied human brain living in a jar of sustenance. The thought experiment explores human conceptions of reality, mind, and consciousness.
This article explores a metaphysical argument against artificial intelligence (AI) on the grounds that a disembodied AI, or a "brain" without a body, is incompatible with the nature of intelligence.
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