Terminology
4 articles
Consciousness and free will
Related questions about what Zile City's inhabitants experience, understand and choose, and why capability alone does not explain an individual life.
Personal continuity
The unresolved question of whether an individual remains the same person through changes to body, memory or mind.
Recognized Consciousness Threshold (RCT)
Zile City's classification of robot consciousness, its limits and the questions raised by Roger's unusual awareness.
Robot classes
Zile City's functional and cognitive classifications, from agricultural and industrial machines to maintenance androids, specialists and creators.