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Functional relationships required for new individuality level encode non-linearly separable functions and are enacted via information integration and collective action

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Design for an Individual: Connectionist Approaches to the Evolutionary Transitions in Individuality

(2022) · Watson, Richard A. · Levin, Michael · Buckley, Christopher L.

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Non Linearly Separable Functions
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Mathematical property where output depends on context-dependent interaction of inputs (e.g., XOR logic); proposed as formal basis for individuality transitions.

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When interactions constitute non-linearly separable functions, it creates a ‘we’; what we are doing becomes a relevant variable.claim0.831
Explains how non-separability shifts identity from parts to collective.
Functional relationships necessary for evolutionary individuality are the same as those required for organismic individuality and constitute cognitive architectures.hypothesis0.830
Representing non-linearly separable functions requires a network with multiple layers.claim0.825
Architectural requirement from machine learning.
Integration and collective action (basal cognition) mechanisms enact the functional relationships necessary for new individuality.hypothesis0.822
Proposes biological mechanisms implementing non-decomposable functions in developmental individuality.
The complex nature of functional relationships between component parts begins to look less like the product of selection at the system level, and more like the source of evolutionary individuality.claim0.818
Inverts the causal arrow: relationships produce individuality, not vice versa.
Conditions necessary to evolve new individuality level are described by conditions for learning non-decomposable functions (deep model induction)hypothesis0.818
The conditions necessary to evolve a new level of individuality are described by the conditions necessary to learn non-decomposable functions (deep model induction)claim0.817
Core interpretive claim of the paper connecting ETIs to connectionist learning
What kinds of functional relationships and interaction structures are necessary to turn a collective into an intelligent system?question0.811

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What architectural properties of interaction networks enable representation of non-linearly separable functions necessary for adaptive collective behavior?questions/what-architectural-properties-of-interaction-networks-enable-representation.md0.830
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Non-Linearly Separable Functionsconcepts/ai/non-linearly-separable-functions.md0.815
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How do non-linearly separable interactions between components enable the emergence of new levels of biological individuality?questions/how-do-nonlinearly-separable-interactions-between-components-enable.md0.814
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Is functional integration more important than genetic relatedness for organismic individuality, and what kind of functional integration is necessary and sufficient?questions/is-functional-integration-more-important-than-genetic-relatedness.md0.810
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Can shallow or reciprocal interaction structures compute non-linearly separable functions?questions/can-shallow-or-reciprocal-interaction-structures-compute-nonlinearly.md0.810
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What architectural features distinguish networks capable of representing non-linearly separable functions?questions/what-architectural-features-distinguish-networks-capable-of-representing.md0.795
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What kinds of functional relationships between components are necessary to turn a non-intelligent collective into an intelligent one?questions/what-kinds-of-functional-relationships-between-components-are.md0.788
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How exactly do relationships need to be organized to produce a new level of individuality?questions/how-exactly-do-relationships-need-to-be-organized.md0.788
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What kind of functional relationships between components are needed to make a new individual, and how are they organized?questions/what-kind-of-functional-relationships-between-components-are.md0.788
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How do relationships need to be organized to produce a new level of individuality?questions/how-do-relationships-need-to-be-organized-to.md0.786