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Examining Intelligence in Complex Systems
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The concept of intelligence is not limited to individuals, but also exists in complex systems like ant colonies and flocks of birds. In such systems, there is no central authority or dictator, but rather simple rules governing the behavior of individual agents or cells.
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The idea behind cellular automata is to appropriate concepts from cognitive neuroscience and behavioral science into things that were previously considered to be inanimate materials.
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The idea behind cellular automata is to appropriate concepts from cognitive neuroscience and behavioral science into things that were previously considered to be inanimate materials. The aim of this is to control low-level rules, like protein interactions, to achieve an error minimization function over a new space.
ChapterExamining Intelligence in Complex Systems
Episode#325 – Michael Levin: Biology, Life, Aliens, Evolution, Embryogenesis & Xenobots
PodcastLex Fridman Podcast
Even though we feel like a unified central intelligence, we are essentially a bag of neurons, and there are no examples of a central dictator in science because everything is made of parts.
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Even though we feel like a unified central intelligence, we are essentially a bag of neurons, and there are no examples of a central dictator in science because everything is made of parts.
ChapterExamining Intelligence in Complex Systems
Episode#325 – Michael Levin: Biology, Life, Aliens, Evolution, Embryogenesis & Xenobots
PodcastLex Fridman Podcast
The idea that there are singular indivisible intelligences within the Central Nervous System is a false notion.
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The idea that there are singular indivisible intelligences within the Central Nervous System is a false notion. The truth is that every intelligence is a collective of something, as seen in the biochemical and bioelectrical signals of the body.
ChapterExamining Intelligence in Complex Systems
Episode#325 – Michael Levin: Biology, Life, Aliens, Evolution, Embryogenesis & Xenobots
PodcastLex Fridman Podcast
In this podcast, the speaker discusses the emergence of a self, with a capital S, that can be created from the physics and chemistry of bioelectricity during embryogenesis.
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In this podcast, the speaker discusses the emergence of a self, with a capital S, that can be created from the physics and chemistry of bioelectricity during embryogenesis. They argue that a proper cognitive intelligence can still be made up of parts.