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EMERGENT PHENOMENA. "Out of the interactions between these simple units emerges complex behavior, patterns, and intelligence. Here we’re talking about the result we are hoping for in our sketches. Yes, we know this happens in nature (ant colonies, termites, migration patterns, earthquakes, snowflakes, etc.)." http://natureofcode.com/book/chapter-6-autonomous-agents/ View in LinkedIn

NON-LINEAR, COMPETITIVE, FEEDBACK. "Three additional features of complex systems. Non-linearity (butterfly effect). Competition and cooperation. Feedback." And group behavior, flocking. http://natureofcode.com/book/chapter-6-autonomous-agents/ View in LinkedIn

SIMPLE, PARALLEL, EMERGENT. "Here are three key principles of complex systems. Simple units with short-range relationships. Simple units operate in parallel. System as a whole exhibits emergent phenomena." http://natureofcode.com/book/chapter-6-autonomous-agents/ View in LinkedIn

MORE THAN THE SUM. "What is a complex system? A complex system is typically defined as a system that is “more than the sum of its parts.” http://natureofcode.com/book/chapter-6-autonomous-agents/ View in LinkedIn

"INTELLIGENT AGENTS continuously perform three functions: perception of dynamic conditions in the environment; action to affect conditions in the environment; and reasoning to interpret perceptions, solve problems, draw inferences, and determine actions." https://lnkd.in/dpcsNEh View in LinkedIn

LEADERLESS. "An autonomous agent has a limited ability to perceive environment. An autonomous agent processes the information from its environment and calculates an action. An autonomous agent has no leader." http://natureofcode.com/book/chapter-6-autonomous-agents/ View in LinkedIn

OWN AGENDA. "An autonomous agent is a system situated within and a part of an environment that senses that environment and acts on it, over time, in pursuit of its own agenda and so as to effect what it senses in the future." https://lnkd.in/dpcsNEh View in LinkedIn

"AUTONOMOUS AGENTS are systems capable of autonomous, purposeful action in the real world." https://lnkd.in/dpcsNEh View in LinkedIn

SO ENDS this consideration of the interaction of microbial entities with other creatures during development. A sea change has occurred in recent years where this is now widely acknowledged, and the story is just beginning to unfold. The interconnectedness and deep symbiotic relations between diverse phyla across vast periods of time is becoming very clear. View in LinkedIn

THE GREY ZONE. "A single-celled bacterium is alive, but if you separate the macromolecules that combined to create the bacterium, these units are not alive. Based on our knowledge of macromolecules, we would not have been able to predict that they could combine to form a living organism, nor could we have predicted all of the characteristics of the resulting bacterium." http://www.nature.com/scitable/topicpage/biological-complexity-and-integrative-levels-of-organization-468 View in LinkedIn