"Evolution and Intelligence: inversion and a positive feedback spiral" by Michael Levin

This is a ~50 minute video on evolution from the perspective of diverse intelligence. I discuss 3 main things: the nature of the mapping between genotype and phenotype (an intelligent, problem-solving process that interprets genomic prompts, not simply a complex mechanical mapping), the implications for evolution of operating over such a multi-scale agential material, and a few recent findings about the origin of the intelligence spiral taking place before differential replication dynamics kick in.

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CHAPTERS:

(00:00) Framing evolution and intelligence

(06:26) Morphogenesis as collective intelligence

(12:06) Regeneration and downward causation

(16:10) Bioelectric patterning and memory

(21:05) Reprogrammable adaptive anatomies

(26:06) Interpretation, plasticity and evolution

(31:58) Competent matter and evolvability

(35:45) Novel beings and emergence

(41:54) Prebiotic learning and agency

(46:43) Mind beyond life

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