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The segmentation clock exhibits functional robustness consistent with James' definition of intelligence.

Claims that the re-emergence and adaptation of the segmentation clock qualifies as intelligent behavior.

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Collective intelligence: A unifying concept for integrating biology across scales and substrates

(2024) · Patrick McMillen · Michael Levin

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Gastruloids derived from embryonic stem cells arrive at a segmented target morphology despite very different ontogenic history (Veenvliet et al. 2020, van den Brink et al. 2020)
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Shows that the segmentation goal can be reached via alternative developmental pathways, fitting James' definition of intelligence.
Paraxial mesoderm explants in 2D culture form segments circumscribing the explant circumference (Diaz-Cuadros and Pourquie 2021)
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Tissue achieves its segmentation goal despite being placed in a severely altered geometric context.
Zebrafish segmentation clock re-emerges after chemical disruption and produces properly spaced segments (Uriu et al. 2021)
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Robust re-emergence of coordinated oscillations indicates intrinsic intelligence of the segmenting tissue.

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Alive AI interface ethics & design
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Explores aliveness, aesthetics, welfare, and ethical responsibility in AI interaction design.
Substrate-independent cognition & consciousness
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Gradualist, substrate-neutral frameworks extending cognition and sentience across biological and artificial networks.
Intelligence as adaptive plasticity and observer-dependent measurement
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Frameworks recognizing that intelligence, consciousness, and biological organization emerge from adaptive capacity and observer limitations, spanning AI systems to developmental biology through 2020s research.

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