perceptronium

English

Etymology

Coined by the physicist Max Tegmark, from perceptron +‎ -ium.

Noun

perceptronium (uncountable)

1. A hypothetical state of matter capable of giving rise to self-awareness and subjectivity.
   • 2016 July 4, George Johnson, “Consciousness: The Mind Messing With the Mind”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     Max Tegmark, a physicist at the Massachusetts Institute of Physics (he also spoke at the New York event), has proposed that there is a state of matter — like solid, liquid and gas — that he calls perceptronium: atoms arranged so they can process information and give rise to subjectivity.