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If cellular collectives are learning agents, then reinforcement learning protocols should be able to train tissues to produce specific morphologies.

Ongoing experimental test: using rewards and punishments to shape anatomical outcomes without micromanaging molecular pathways.

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Technological Approach to Mind Everywhere: An Experimentally-Grounded Framework for Understanding Diverse Bodies and Minds

(2022) · Michael Levin

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Morphogenetic tissues can be trained via reinforcement learning for specific anatomical outcomes, bypassing the complexity of genomic editing.
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Proposes a biomedical strategy of controlling growth by exploiting the learning capacity of cellular collectives.

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Reinforcement learning of tissues
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The hypothesis that cellular collectives can be trained via rewards/punishments to produce specific morphological outcomes.

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