Emergence (as explanatory fallback)

The standard 'it just happens' account of surprising complex outcomes that the paper argues is a research-stopping, defeatist move.

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Emergence
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Creation of qualitatively new properties at higher organizational level; requires non-linear fitness interactions.

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Entities in the same semantic neighborhood but without a typed relation to this one — candidates for new edges or unrecognized duplicates.

Classification of Emergence: Nominal, Weak, Strongconcept0.823
Bedau's tripartite classification: nominal (pattern), weak (computationally irreducible), strong (irreducible downward causation).
Causal Emergenceconcept0.812
Core concept: degree to which an agent exerts unique predictive power on its future; key to cognition at all scales.
Emergence refers to the phenomenon where macroscopic properties cannot be solely attributed to the cause of individual properties.quote0.804
Load-bearing definition from the abstract.
Emergence Of Awarenessconcept0.799
Deep Emergenceconcept0.795
The property that through processes we do not understand, we can produce systems with capabilities we did not directly engineer — applies to both biological reproduction and AI
Designing for emergencemethod0.782
An AI development approach where no explicit theory of intelligence is implemented, allowing intelligence to emerge.
Logical emergence from copyingconcept0.772
Demonstration that complex logical behavior emerges from simple copy-cat processes through interaction, exemplifying power of dynamics.
Emergence Of Communicationconcept0.764