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