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From the link I gave above, note that the first four classes of intelligent agents are pretty similar, each one having an add-on over...

Any kind of simple cell able to respond to changes in its environment will have some simple form of agency. It is (in my mind) similar...

A very, very limited form of it, yes. The engineer isn't there telling the thermostat when to turn your heat or A/C on and off. The...

Since they don't send their roots everywhere, they clearly are doing some kind of "deciding" about where to send them and where not. So...

Yes, Jack you need to look at the big picture here. New tech bring benefits, and we pay to enjoy those benefits in subscription fees but...

Animal navigation, long mysterious, may about to become better understood. An unexpected mechanism in homing pigeons appears to sense...

I'm not sure there's an actual binary distinction here. Human brains also work on fundamental physical principles. They're not magic...

Actually, yes, they are. Economics is about limited resources and how we prioritize how they get used: a free market and the price...

Branicki Palace in Białystok Photo from smartphone

Nebraska bird pics, round 5. The final round for this trip. Figure 34. Common grackle (Quiscalus quiscula). Figure 35. Common...

Are you having trouble with abstracting an aspect of human behavior, or are you just trying to force a point? The question is the OP...

Things you can't take for granite.

One more stop from my trip to Atlanta last month. On the way home I visited the Elberton Granite Museum for the first time. I've passed...

OK, let's go over the OP: I don't get where the competition is. Do you really think that if there is a server farm somewhere that uses...