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community:leiden_hybrid_concepts-run4-c4-c3Substrate-independent minimal cognition
Cognition as behavioral competence independent of physical substrate, exemplified by sparse neural circuits and single-cell organisms exhibiting goal-directed behavior.
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- The biogenic approach to cognition2 members
- Multiple ways to implement and infer sentience2 members
- 2026-05-14_phil-trans-A-goodfire-aboutblank-impact.md1 member
- Multiple ways to implement and infer Consciousness1 member
- Synthetic Article & Review1 member
- The collective intelligence of evolution and development1 member
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Claims (7)
- Bacterial chemotaxis as proto-cognitive behaviorLyon's position that bacteria exhibit cognition-like decision-making in response to environmental gradients.
- Cognition and learning are substrate-independent; principles familiar in artificial neural networks can be implemented by any network of signals with suitable weighted inputs.Central thesis enabling unification of neural, developmental, ecological, and social networks as instances of collective intelligence.
- Cognition and learning are substrate-independent; principles of basal cognition can be implemented by any network with signals and non-linear responses to weighted inputs.Core thesis that cognitive principles transcend neural substrates, enabling application to gene-regulatory, ecological, and social networks.
- Cognition is Always Inferred from Behavior
- Cognitive Functions Should Be Identified by Behavior, Not Substrate
- Cognitive functions such as sentience are always inferred.First sentence of the paper, establishing the inferential nature of all sentience attributions.
- Sparse low-cardinality circuits implement competence; 0.2% of neurons handle shared computation across all cyclic tasks.
Findings (1)
- Minimal cognition in unicellular organismsdi Primio et al. (2000) empirical work supporting cognitive capabilities in single cells; evidence for biogenic cognition.