Biological life is a form of collective intelligence composed of multi-scale competent agents. Understanding this can provide insights into regeneration, evolution, robotics, and AI.
Biological systems are capable of solving problems in diverse spaces like gene expression, physiological states, and anatomical configurations.
Cells and organisms have many hidden capabilities that are revealed when placed in different contexts or environments.
Development and morphogenesis are more flexible and robust than typically assumed, allowing organisms to adapt to changes.
Organisms are composed of multi-scale competent systems, with cells, tissues, organs, and bodies solving problems at their respective scales.
Organisms can be “hacked” by signals that activate their inherent competencies to produce novel forms and behaviors.
Pattern memories stored in bioelectrical circuits can be rewritten to produce long-term changes in morphology and behavior.
The same hardware can generate diverse forms and behaviors depending on the signals and information provided.
A technological approach is needed to understand, predict, control, and ethically relate to composite beings made of biological and non-biological parts.
Biological systems are highly interoperable and capable of integrating foreign DNA, nanomaterials, and software in plausible ways.
Biological life is a form of collective intelligence composed of multi-scale competent agents. Understanding this can provide insights into regeneration, evolution, robotics, and AI.
Biological systems are capable of solving problems in diverse spaces like gene expression, physiological states, and anatomical configurations.
Cells and organisms have many hidden capabilities that are revealed when placed in different contexts or environments.
Development and morphogenesis are more flexible and robust than typically assumed, allowing organisms to adapt to changes.
Organisms are composed of multi-scale competent systems, with cells, tissues, organs, and bodies solving problems at their respective scales.
Organisms can be “hacked” by signals that activate their inherent competencies to produce novel forms and behaviors.
Pattern memories stored in bioelectrical circuits can be rewritten to produce long-term changes in morphology and behavior.
The same hardware can generate diverse forms and behaviors depending on the signals and information provided.
A technological approach is needed to understand, predict, control, and ethically relate to composite beings made of biological and non-biological parts.
Biological systems are highly interoperable and capable of integrating foreign DNA, nanomaterials, and software in plausible ways.
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