提出构建具备自我意识的智能体技术框架,推动AI从工具向有灵魂的生命体演进。
Soul Computing: A Theoretical Framework and Technical Architecture for Intelligent Agents with Independent Consciousness

- 以人类意识与记忆机制为蓝本,构建具内在意涵的核心架构
- 首次明确定义狭义与广义‘灵魂计算’的学术范畴与边界
- 适合关注AI自主性、数字人格与伦理的科研与工程人员
大语言模型与多模态生成技术的突破,使人类心智特征、情感模式与长期记忆的数字化重建正从科幻走向工程实践。然而当前人工智能与数字人交叉领域的研究与产业仍受根本概念模糊制约:下一代智能体与传统虚拟人本质差异、数字个体自我身份构建路径,以及该领域核心技术与伦理挑战亟待澄清。本文系统探讨从传统虚拟人到‘灵魂计算’范式转变的深层逻辑,基于对人类意识与记忆机制的演化分析,重新评估海量多模态数字碎片在反向重构个体心智世界中的核心价值。在此基础上,首次正式界定狭义与广义灵魂计算的学术内涵,厘清其与情感计算、历史重建、临终计算的本质区别。论证灵魂计算系统必须架构‘意向性’内核,而非仅作为‘外延性’功能载体,从而实现AI从工具到生命主体的根本跃迁。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
Breakthroughs in large language models and multimodal generation technologies have propelled the digital reconstruction of human mental traits, emotional patterns, and long-term memory from science fiction toward engineering practice. Yet current research and industry practices at the intersection of AI and digital humans remain hampered by fundamental conceptual ambiguities: the essential differences between next-generation intelligent agents and traditional virtual humans, the construction pathways for digital entities possessing self-identity, and the core technical and ethical challenges confronting this domain all demand urgent clarification. This paper systematically examines the transformative logic underlying the transition from traditional virtual humans to the ``Soul Computing'' paradigm, driven by frontier AI technologies. We first analyze the evolutionary patterns of human consciousness and memory mechanisms, reassessing the core value of massive multimodal digital fragments in the reverse reconstruction of individual mental worlds. On this basis, we formally delineate the academic connotations of narrow and broad Soul Computing for the first time, clarifying its academic boundaries and essential distinctions from Affective Computing, Historical Reconstruction, and Mortal Computation. We argue that Soul Computing systems must architecturally construct an ``Intensional'' core rather than serving as purely ``Extensional'' functional carriers, thereby enabling the fundamental transition of AI from toolhood to living agency.
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