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Re:Simple circuits can create complex behaviors by AndrewKemendo on Saturday October 31, 2026 @12:32PM (#50317618)
Most human societies claim dominance over “everything else” aka “nature” and in order to do that you need a reason “humans” are different from “nature”
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Re:Simple circuits can create complex behaviors by RandomLensman on Saturday October 31, 2026 @12:36PM (#50317652)
Maybe, but making intelligence an intrinsic property of matter feels like a bold step.
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Re:Simple circuits can create complex behaviors by pixl97 on Saturday October 31, 2026 @01:45PM (#50318272)
There are other bolder things I've seen recently that are somewhat interesting.

Michael Levin and a few other biologists are wondering if certain combinations of matter are tapping into platonic maths that they use for 'intelligence compute'.

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Re:Simple circuits can create complex behaviors by RandomLensman on Saturday October 31, 2026 @02:50PM (#50318876)
Interesting. I'll have a look - thx.
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Re:Simple circuits can create complex behaviors by AndrewKemendo on Saturday October 31, 2026 @11:34PM (#50322482)
He gave his talk first on day 2 of the AGI 26 conference

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=kQBwtgkHnC4&t=289s&pp=2AGhApAC...

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Re:Simple circuits can create complex behaviors by AndrewKemendo on Saturday October 31, 2026 @01:19PM (#50318047)
I mean Roger Penrose proposes that consciousness is inside the waveform collapse so…

Many definitions of intelligence and ultimately consciousness rely on fanciful ideas and complex theories

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