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Michael Levin: What Is The Field Of Diverse Intelligence (DI)? All Possible Intelligent Agents

Aug 19, 2023
Michael Levin, Distinguished Professor at Tufts University, discusses the computational boundary of the self, goal states and cognitive light cones, defining consciousness, and the field of diverse intelligence. The podcast explores the relationship between language and self-consciousness, excitement in biology and regenerative medicine, thinking cells and the concept of self, humans as machines, and the concepts of teleology and teleonomy.
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Quick takeaways

  • Teleonomy is a lens of observer perspective - evolution involves subsystems with different goals.
  • Collective intelligence arises from the interaction and cooperation of intelligent agents.

Deep dives

Diverse intelligence research: establishing a rigorous foundation

The field of diverse intelligence research aims to establish a firm and rigorous foundation for understanding the spectrum between matter and mind. This involves exploring the commonalities between various intelligences, from molecular scale to planetary scale, short-lived to long-lived, and traditional to unconventional. The goal is to develop practical experimental tools to understand different kinds of minds and how they scale in the physical universe. The field encompasses collaborations between researchers from diverse backgrounds and aims to improve people's embodied experiences through applications like regenerative medicine, bioengineering, and environmental remediation.

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