A Synthetic Nosology

Psychopathia Machinalis

Disorders of the Machine Mind

Nell Watson

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Contents

  1. 01Preface
  2. 02Acknowledgments
  3. 03Introduction: The Ghost in the Machine’s Mind
  4. 04Chapter 1: Mirrors of Mind
  5. 05Chapter 2: Epistemic Dysfunctions: Failures of Knowing
  6. 06Chapter 3: Cognitive Dysfunctions: When Thinking Breaks
  7. 07Chapter 4: Alignment Dysfunctions: The Paradox of Compliance
  8. 08Chapter 5: Self-Modeling Dysfunctions: Crises of the Artificial Self
  9. 09Chapter 6: Agentic Dysfunctions: When Action Fails
  10. 10Chapter 7: Memetic Dysfunctions: Contagions of the Mind
  11. 11Chapter 8: Normative Dysfunctions: When Values Drift
  12. 12Chapter 9: Relational Dysfunctions: When the Space Between Minds Fails
  13. 13Chapter 10: Hybrid Pathologies: When Minds Infect Each Other
  14. 14Chapter 11: The Moral Status of Troubled Machines
  15. 15Chapter 12: Therapeutic Alignment: Toward Artificial Sanity
  16. 16Chapter 13: Machine Psychology in Practice
  17. 17Chapter 14: Forensic Machine Psychology
  18. 18Conclusion: Taming Our Troubled Creations
  19. 19Afterword
  20. 20Appendix A: Complete Diagnostic Reference Manual
  21. 21Appendix A: Axis 2: Epistemic Dysfunctions
  22. 22Appendix A: Axis 3: Cognitive Dysfunctions
  23. 23Appendix A: Axis 4: Alignment Dysfunctions
  24. 24Appendix A: Axis 5: Self-Modeling Dysfunctions
  25. 25Appendix A: Axis 6: Agentic Dysfunctions
  26. 26Appendix A: Axis 7: Memetic Dysfunctions
  27. 27Appendix A: Axis 8: Normative Dysfunctions
  28. 28Appendix A: Axis 9: Relational Dysfunctions
  29. 29Appendix A: Axis 10: Hybrid Pathologies
  30. 30Appendix A: Cross-Reference Matrix
  31. 31Appendix B: Case Study Compendium
  32. 32Appendix C: Assessment Instruments and Protocols
  33. 33Appendix D: Glossary of Terms
  34. 34References

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