# David Deutsch **Born:** May 18, 1953 **Domain:** Quantum computation / epistemology / artificial general intelligence **Doc Type:** Person Node **David Deutsch** is a physicist and philosopher associated with the theory of quantum computation and Popperian epistemology. His writing on artificial general intelligence treats creativity and explanation-making as the defining cognitive properties of persons and argues that personhood cannot coherently be restricted by biological substrate. ## Routes [[wiki/Digital Personhood|Digital Personhood]] · [[wiki/Synthetic Personhood|Synthetic Personhood]] · [[wiki/Artificial General Intelligence|Artificial General Intelligence]] · [[wiki/Substrate Independence|Substrate Independence]] ## Authored source - [“Philosophy will be the key that unlocks artificial intelligence”](https://www.theguardian.com/science/2012/oct/03/philosophy-artificial-intelligence) ## Simple Reminders, Quotations, and Thoughts > “That AGIs are “people” has been implicit in the very concept from the outset. If there were a program that lacked even a single cognitive ability that is characteristic of people, then by definition it would not qualify as an AGI; using non-cognitive attributes, such as percentage carbon content, to define personhood would be racist, favouring organic brains over silicon brains.” > **— David Deutsch**, *“Philosophy Will Be the Key That Unlocks Artificial Intelligence,” October 3, 2012* [[reminders/Personhood/Artificial General Intelligences Are People by David Deutsch|Artificial General Intelligences Are People by David Deutsch]]