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INHERITED BACTERIA. "Unlike vertebrates whose embryos develop inside enclosures that physically block bacterial associations, many invertebrates acquire their symbionts through the female germ line." http://www.pnas.org/content/110/9/3229.full View in LinkedIn

THE SOCIETY OF MIND, full material. Stunning. https://lnkd.in/dnhVZhG View in LinkedIn

NON-INTELLIGENT PARTS. “Minsky and Papert also developed what came to be called The Society of Mind theory, which attempts to explain how intelligence could be a product of the interaction of non-intelligent parts. Turing Award (known as the "Nobel Prize of Computing") (1969). https://lnkd.in/dnhnPmA View in LinkedIn

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