A slime mould is like one giant cell, but inside it has tons and tons of nuclei. So if yo cut up a slym mould within minutes, each of the pieces are fully independent. And we think that that collection of behaviors is really at the hurt of simo decision making. We're starting to see these similar similarities between very different types of decision systems.
Slime molds can navigate mazes, control robots, and make complicated decisions, all without a central nervous system. If this weird gooey blob can think, does that mean scientists are thinking about intelligence all wrong?
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