Multi-Scale Option Space for Possible Living Machines

Figure 1 framework with two axes (design vs. evolution; autonomy level) defining continuous space for classifying possible agents at each scale of organization

Neighborhood — ranked by edge-count

Claims (1)

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Progress in machine behavior science and biohybrid engineering breaks down the simplistic dualism of life vs. machine, revealing a continuum of emergence, rational control, and agency.
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Second central claim: life and machine form a continuous multidimensional space, not discrete bins

Related by similarity (8)

cosine ≥ 0.65 · no typed edge

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

Option space of beingsconcept0.809
The vast space of possible living forms beyond those evolved on Earth.
Space of possible beingsconcept0.774
All possible agents beyond natural biological species, including engineered and alien ones.
Space of Possible Bodies and Mindsconcept0.771
Vast 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.
A multi-scale competency architecture facilitates evolution of robust problem-solving, living machines.claim0.769
Key proposal linking multi-scale agency to evolutionary advantage.
Multi-scale Autonomyconcept0.762
Dynamic interplay of competition and cooperation at multiple organizational levels; essential feature of organisms and developmental intelligence.
Space of Possible Mindsconcept0.759
The enormous option space of forthcoming beings with diverse embodiments of sentience beyond standard Homo sapiens
Multi-scale systemsconcept0.756
Systems comprising nested hierarchies (cells→organisms→societies); central to understanding collective intelligence
Matter-space must be potentially living, center-making, possibly even conscious stuff.claim0.754
A key proposition for the new cosmology: space-matter has the inherent capacity for life and self-connection when centers intensify.