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concept:space-of-possible-beingsSpace of possible beings
All possible agents beyond natural biological species, including engineered and alien ones.
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- XenobotsaboutSynthetic biotic constructs made from repurposed frog embryo skin cells that form self-motile robots with novel morphologies and behaviors including kinematic self-replication; demonstrate cellular competency beyond normal developmental constraints.
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- Space of Possible Bodies and Mindsrelated_tosame_asVast option space of designed and evolved combinations of living, non-living, and software components at all scales; future diverse intelligences will be chimeric mixes far beyond natural phylogeny.
- Space of Possible Mindsrelated_toThe enormous option space of forthcoming beings with diverse embodiments of sentience beyond standard Homo sapiens
- Option space of beingsrelated_toThe vast space of possible living forms beyond those evolved on Earth.
- HybrotsaboutLiving brains instrumentized to control artificial bodies; example of chimeric technology producing novel embodiments
- BioroboticsimplementsIntegration of cultured biological tissue (e.g., brains) with robotic bodies; reveals proto-cognitive capacities of cells in novel configurations.
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- The commentary paper by Michael Levin.
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cosine ≥ 0.65 · no typed edgeEntities in the same semantic neighborhood but without a typed relation to this one — candidates for new edges or unrecognized duplicates.
- Conceptual expansion: merging of biology, AI, synthetic morphology, and engineering creates agents with unfamiliar compositions requiring new assessment frameworks.
- The quality that makes a space or structure feel alive, whole, and wonderful; measured by the degree of wholeness.
- A key proposition for the new cosmology: space-matter has the inherent capacity for life and self-connection when centers intensify.
- Alexander's ontological claim that space itself becomes progressively more alive depending on the recursive structures built within it
- A space of physiological parameters that systems navigate for adaptive responses.
- Figure 1 framework with two axes (design vs. evolution; autonomy level) defining continuous space for classifying possible agents at each scale of organization
- Semantic foundation for Image representation: assignment of colors to 2D locations in continuous space enables resolution-independence and composability