Comparing cooperative geometric puzzle solving in ants versus humans

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 122(1)

Опубликована: Дек. 23, 2024

Biological ensembles use collective intelligence to tackle challenges together, but suboptimal coordination can undermine the effectiveness of group cognition. Testing whether cognition exceeds that individual is often impractical since different organizational scales tend face disjoint problems. One exception problem navigating large loads through complex environments and toward a given target. People ants stand out in their ability efficiently perform this task not just individually also as group. This provides rare opportunity empirically compare problem-solving skills cognitive traits across species sizes. Here, we challenge people with same “piano-movers” load maneuvering puzzle show while more larger groups, opposite true for humans. We find although cannot grasp global nature puzzle, motion translates into emergent skills. They encode short-term memory internally ordered state allows enhanced performance. comprehend way them explore reduced search space and, on average, outperform ants. However, when communication restricted, groups resort most obvious maneuvers facilitate consensus. reminiscent ant behavior, negatively impacts Our results exemplify how simple minds easily enjoy scalability brains require extensive cooperate efficiently.

Язык: Английский

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Is Complexity an Illusion?

Опубликована: Июнь 7, 2024

Simplicity is held by many to be the key general intelligence. Simpler models tend “generalise”, identifying cause or generator of data with greater sample efficiency. The implications correlation between simplicity and generalisation extend far beyond computer science, addressing questions physics even biology. Yet a property form, while function. In interactive settings, any two depends on interpretation. theory there could no yet in practice, is. Previous theoretical work showed consequence “weak” constraints implied function, not form. Experiments demonstrated choosing weak over simple forms yielded 110-500% improvement rate. Here we show that all can take equally forms, regardless weakness. However if are spatially extended, then function represented using finite subset forms. If force making determined goal directed process favours versatility (e.g. natural selection), efficiency demands Complexity has causal influence generalisation, but appears due confounding. Press: Accepted for publication Proceedings 17th Conference Artificial General Intelligence, 2024

Язык: Английский

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The Multiscale Wisdom of the Body: Collective Intelligence as a Tractable Interface for Next‐Generation Biomedicine

BioEssays, Год журнала: 2024, Номер unknown

Опубликована: Дек. 2, 2024

ABSTRACT The dominant paradigm in biomedicine focuses on genetically‐specified components of cells and their biochemical dynamics, emphasizing bottom‐up emergence complexity. Here, I explore the biomedical implications a complementary emerging field: diverse intelligence. Using tools from behavioral science multiscale neuroscience, we can study development, regenerative repair, cancer suppression as behaviors collective intelligence navigating spaces possible morphologies transcriptional physiological states. A focus competencies living material—from molecular to organismal scales—reveals new landscape for interventions. Such top‐down approaches take advantage memories homeodynamic goal‐seeking behavior tissues, offering same massive advantages bioengineering that reprogrammable hardware has provided information technologies. bioelectric networks bind individual toward large‐scale anatomical goals are an especially tractable interface organ‐level plasticity, modulate them already exist. This suggests research program understand tame software life therapeutic gain by understanding many examples basal cognition operate throughout bodies.

Язык: Английский

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Is Complexity an Illusion?

Опубликована: Апрель 2, 2024

Simplicity is held by many to be the key general intelligence. Simpler models tend “generalise”, identifying cause or generator of data with greater sample efficiency. The implications correlation between simplicity and generalisation extend far beyond computer science, addressing questions physics even biology. Yet a property form, while function. In interactive settings, any two depends on interpretation. theory there could no yet in practice, is. Previous theoretical work showed consequence “weak” constraints implied function, not form. Experiments demonstrated choosing weak over simple forms yielded 110 − 500% improvement rate. Here we show that if one does presuppose an abstraction layer, then all have equal complexity. However, context spatially temporally extended efficiency demands take forms, becomes correlated generalisation. has causal influence generalisation, but appears due confounding.

Язык: Английский

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Assembly Theory of Binary Messages

Опубликована: Май 15, 2024

Using assembly theory, we investigate the pathways of binary strings (bitstrings) length N formed by joining bits present in pool and bitstrings that entered as a result previous operations. We show bitstring index is bounded from below shortest addition chain for N, conjecture about form upper bound. define degree causation minimum certain it has regularities can be used to determine N. with smallest assembled program equal this if expressible product Fibonacci numbers. Knowing problem determining at least NP-complete, while creating so would have predetermined largest NP-hard. The proof imply P ≠ NP, since every computable solution encoded finite bitstring.

Язык: Английский

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Fundamental Constraints to the Logic of Living Systems

Опубликована: Июнь 13, 2024

It has been argued that the historical nature of evolution makes it a highly path-dependent process. Under this view, outcome evolutionary dynamics could have resulted in organisms with different forms and functions. At same time, there is ample evidence convergence constraints strongly limit domain potential design principles can achieve. Are these limitations relevant shaping fabric possible? Here, we argue fundamental are associated logic living matter. We illustrate idea by considering thermodynamic properties systems, linear molecular information, cellular building blocks life, multicellularity development, threshold computations cognitive discrete architecture ecosystems. In all examples, present available suggest avenues towards well-defined theoretical formulation.

Язык: Английский

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Open Problems in Synthetic Multicellularity

Опубликована: Июль 24, 2024

Multicellularity is one of the major evolutionary transitions, and its rise provided ingredients for emergence a biosphere inhabited by complex organisms. Over last decades, potential bioengineering multicellular systems has been instrumental in interrogating nature exploring novel paths to regeneration disease, as well cognition behaviour. Here, we provide list open problems that encapsulate many ongoing future challenges field, suggest conceptual approaches may facilitate progress.

Язык: Английский

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Living Cognition and the Nature of Organisms

Biosystems, Год журнала: 2024, Номер unknown, С. 105356 - 105356

Опубликована: Окт. 1, 2024

Язык: Английский

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Fundamental constraints to the logic of living systems

Interface Focus, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 14(5)

Опубликована: Окт. 25, 2024

It has been argued that the historical nature of evolution makes it a highly path-dependent process. Under this view, outcome evolutionary dynamics could have resulted in organisms with different forms and functions. At same time, there is ample evidence convergence constraints strongly limit domain potential design principles can achieve. Are these limitations relevant shaping fabric possible? Here, we argue fundamental are associated logic living matter. We illustrate idea by considering thermodynamic properties systems, linear molecular information, cellular building blocks life, multicellularity development, threshold computations cognitive systems discrete architecture ecosystems. In all examples, present available suggest avenues towards well-defined theoretical formulation.

Язык: Английский

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Biological Mechanisms Contradict AI Consciousness: The Spaces Between the Notes

Biosystems, Год журнала: 2024, Номер unknown, С. 105387 - 105387

Опубликована: Дек. 1, 2024

Язык: Английский

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