← The Synthetic Self[ Open edition · chapter reader ]The Synthetic SelfEngineering the Soul of the MachineMayone Maha Rajan · Read one chapter at a time[ Start here ]Choose a chapter below, or begin at the beginning. Each chapter has its own stable URL and links to the next section.Start reading: Introduction: The Mirror We Built ↗[ Read by section ]Introduction: The Mirror We Built ↗Chapter 1: The Learning Machine ↗Chapter 2: The Thermodynamics of Thought ↗Chapter 3: Computation Versus Understanding ↗Chapter 4: The Data Problem ↗Chapter 5: The Alignment Problem, Honestly ↗Chapter 6: Inside the Black Box ↗Chapter 7: The Centaur ↗Chapter 8: Cognitive Offloading and Atrophy ↗Chapter 9: The Economics of Synthetic Abundance ↗Chapter 10: The Substrate Question ↗Chapter 11: The Parent and the Child ↗Coda: The Glass ↗Appendix A: Provenance and Method ↗Appendix B: Claims and Their Status ↗Appendix C: Sources ↗