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concept:unconventional-embodimentsUnconventional embodiments
Core concept: cells, tissues, life-technology chimeras, and synthetic systems where consciousness and cognition may occur outside brains.
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Papers (1)
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Thinkers (2)
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- Michael Levinstudies
- Nicolas RouleaustudiesCo-author; neuroscientist studying embodied and bioengineered tissues to model neural diseases and minimal cognitive systems.
Frameworks (1)
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- Diverse Intelligenceassociated_withResearch program studying intelligence at multiple scales and substrates; proposed as relevant to implications of mnemonic improvisation.
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- Multiscale Cognitionmembers_of
Methods (1)
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- Organoid bioengineeringimplementsExperimental technology enabling testing of consciousness theories in novel synthetic systems.
Concepts (1)
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- Artificial Intelligenceassociated_withDomain where consciousness theories are being applied to synthetic systems; part of broader context of unconventional embodiments.
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- The idea that intelligence requires a body to interact with the world; expands beyond physical 3D bodies to virtual and interface-mediated forms.
- Thanked for supporting the authors' research group.
- The recognition that intelligence is realized across many scales and substrates, requiring expansive ethical consideration.
- The normative conclusion of the paper, urging the field to not prematurely exclude non-brain substrates.