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hypothesis:there-is-no-single-substrate-for-memory-every-component-could-use-everything-in-its-environment-as-an-interpretable-scratchpad

There is no single substrate for memory; every component could use everything in its environment as an interpretable scratchpad.

Hypothesis that memory is distributed across hierarchical scales and substrates.

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(2024) · Levin, Michael

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Senome
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The sum of sensing capacities, proposed as a high-dimensional reservoir for memory remapping.
general anesthesia
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Model system for mind rebooting after bioelectric network disruption.

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What Is The Substrate For Memory If Memoriesquestion0.784
Scratchpad memory mechanismmethod0.783
Agent personal buffer updated after own turn via an extra model call, fed back into observations.
Cognition and learning are substrate-independent.quote0.783
Bold, load-bearing tenet of the paper's framework.
Sentience Can Be Implemented in Multiple Substrateshypothesis0.776
What Is The Minimal Substrate For Cognition Andquestion0.776
It is functions all the way down: physical substrate refers only to a particular representational medium implemented as discernible differencesclaim0.776
Radical functionalist claim grounding computationalism: no substrate is metaphysically privileged over its functional description
The personal may be recognized as a vital substrate underlying matter since the origins of time, and architecture must be steered to allow this recognition in experiencehypothesis0.770
Alexander's tentative forward-looking thesis to be developed across Books 1-4
No Privileged Material Substrate for Mindclaim0.768
Minds not exclusively neural; basal cognition identifies intelligences in single cells, plants, tissues, swarms; brains pre-date neurons evolutionarily.