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The beauty of collective intelligence, explained by a developmental biologist | Michael Levin
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Michael Levin, a developmental biologist at Tufts University, challenges conventional notions of intelligence, arguing that it is inherently collective rather than individual.
Levin explains that we are collections of cells, with each cell possessing competencies developed from their evolution from unicellular organisms. This forms a multi-scale competency architecture, where each level, from cells to tissues to organs, is solving problems within their unique spaces.
Levin emphasizes that properly recognizing intelligence, which spans different scales of existence, is vital for understanding life's complexities. And this perspective suggests a radical shift in understanding ourselves and the world around us, acknowledging the cognitive abilities present at every level of our existence.
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About Michael Levin:
Michael Levin is a developmental and synthetic biologist at Tufts University, where he is the Vannevar Bush Distinguished Professor and serves as director of the Allen Discovery Center at Tufts and the Tufts Center for Regenerative and Developmental Biology.
Prior to college, Michael Levin worked as a software engineer and independent contractor in the field of scientific computing. He attended Tufts University, interested in artificial intelligence and unconventional computation. To explore the algorithms by which the biological world implemented complex adaptive behavior, he got dual B.S. degrees, in CS and in Biology and then received a PhD from Harvard University.
He led an independent laboratory from 2000 to 2007 at Forsyth Institute, Harvard. Now, his lab at Tufts studies anatomical and behavioral decision-making at multiple scales of biological, artificial, and hybrid systems.
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@Nate-yz2tv Жыл бұрын
As a student trying to achieve an undergraduate degree in computer science, the similarities between the topics you've discussed in this video and the fundementals of Artificial Intelligence and computer's in general is quite significant. It's really eye opening seeing it from a different perspective. Thank you so much!
@matthewshaw2850 Жыл бұрын
If you haven't yet, read Alan Turning's solo paper on biology. Biology is computation in physical space.
@samba1864 Жыл бұрын
Artificial intelligence tries to imitate human intelligence, this video is pseudoscientific attempt to pass of biochemical mechanism is intelligence. One might retort that human intelligence is result of biochemical reactions in the brain. But in brain those biochemical reactions results in abstract concepts while the examples given here, biochemistry is performing biochemistry only.
@user-yl7kl7sl1g Жыл бұрын
@@matthewshaw2850 All computation is in physical space.
@amethyst8374 Жыл бұрын
Could you please elaborate? I'm a high school student with equal interests in both biology and computer science, would love to understand the similarities you mentioned. Thanks a lot!
@fizzypizzel6477 Жыл бұрын
@@amethyst8374 **I used gpt to answer your question with video transcript** 1. Emergent Behavior Biology: In biological systems, individual cells follow simple rules, but when combined, they can perform complex tasks. For instance, ants individually follow simple rules but collectively can build complex anthills. Computer Science: In programming, particularly in artificial intelligence, simple algorithms can lead to complex and intelligent behavior. For example, the individual "neurons" in a neural network are simple mathematical functions, but collectively they can perform complex tasks like image recognition. 2. Hierarchical Systems Biology: In the biological world, you'll find hierarchical systems like cells forming tissues, tissues forming organs, and so on. Each level has its own set of rules and competencies. Computer Science: In software, hierarchy exists as well. For instance, low-level code is organized into functions, which are organized into modules, which make up an entire application. Each level abstracts the complexities of the level below it. 3. Adaptation and Learning Biology: Organisms adapt to their environments over time. Michael Levin’s example of flatworms adapting to a barium solution shows an inherent capability to learn and adapt at a cellular level. Computer Science: Machine learning is essentially about adapting to new information. An algorithm can "learn" from data and improve its performance over time. 4. Decentralized Intelligence Biology: In a beehive, there's no single "master bee" directing all the other bees. Rather, each bee has a set of simple rules it follows, and the collective behavior results in complex and intelligent outcomes. Computer Science: Similarly, in distributed computing, many computers work together to solve a problem, often with no central unit controlling every operation. 5. Problem-Solving Algorithms Biology: Cells or organisms often need to find solutions to problems (like finding food or adapting to a new environment) without a "manual" to guide them. Computer Science: Algorithms, especially optimization algorithms, are designed to find the best possible solution to a problem among a set of possible solutions. 6. Goal-Oriented Behavior Biology: Cells and organisms have goals, like survival and reproduction. They make decisions based on optimizing these goals. Computer Science: In AI, agents are often designed with a specific "goal" or "reward function" they are programmed to optimize. Both biology and computer science offer frameworks to understand complexity, learning, and adaptation. As someone interested in both, you're perfectly positioned to explore these exciting overlaps, perhaps even helping to shape the future of interdisciplinary research!
@marchlopez9934 Жыл бұрын
- All intelligence is collective intelligence because all living beings are made up of cells with individual competencies - Each layer of an organism has problem-solving competencies that work towards large-scale goals - Different layers of an organism shape the behavioral landscape of the layers below, enabling top-down control without micromanagement - Humans have a limited ability to recognize intelligence in unconventional embodiments - Engineers must pick the right level of intelligence for each system to avoid overestimation or underestimation - Understanding the competency architecture of living beings could lead to advancements in regenerative medicine and robotics.
@rebeccaerb9935 Жыл бұрын
Yes
@Poopoo77373 11 ай бұрын
Thanks, this helps
@JackhammerJesus 11 ай бұрын
- Uhm..life... uhm... life finds a way.
@361degressvr7 11 ай бұрын
Really Love this point of view . Exactly what I think.
@trutenantedboderampt 11 ай бұрын
If these are laws of nature, we can project it on our own "Human world" and the "World above our intelligence". We can try to conclude that creatures from up there don't have to micromanage us)
@HominidPetro Жыл бұрын
The thing that's really most exciting about Levin's work is that it sets the stage for future research. It's not just cool to think about, but it's also a very useful way of framing a novel approach to medicine, ecology, bioethics, psychology, etc.
@beemo9 Жыл бұрын
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@saturationstation1446 Жыл бұрын
academia is just an institutional paywall for social mobility. there's a reason almost zero progress has happened in the past 60+ years in our understanding of life on earth. they are too invested in trying to prove the necessity of a ruling class and rich people and why its ok to murder 99% of the species with labor induced starvation.
@theovermindlives 6 ай бұрын
Michael Levin's exploration of developmental biology as a journey from single cells to complex organisms is utterly fascinating. The idea that all intelligence, including human cognition, stems from a collective of once-independent cells, reshapes our understanding of consciousness and identity. Levin's "Multi-scale competency architecture" offers a profound insight into how life organizes itself across different levels, from cellular to societal. This perspective not only broadens our understanding of biology but also poses intriguing questions about the potential for bioengineering and regenerative medicine. Truly, a thought-provoking presentation!
@amyweymouth890 Жыл бұрын
These ideas are why I went into biology.
@fatimasmeha6130 Жыл бұрын
Me too but eventually I had to memorize lots of mascot like-names such as wuchereria bancrofti 😢
@log1kanobi Жыл бұрын
@@fatimasmeha6130🤣🤣🤣 no idea what the fuck that is but i know im laughing really hard rn
@SecretEyeSpot Жыл бұрын
Facts. I was a young man, and devout Christian at the time and I saw the e pluribus unum, and vice versa connection as a God and Creation relationship until I learned the natural and sexual selection processes in the Theory of Evolution. Now I consider myself one inclined towards naturalism without seeking a designer behind the cosmic designs. Algorithms are perfectly capable of self assembly, and influencing assembly of bodies of matter external to themselves. Integral systems of one whole, but while maintaining semblance of separateness. Biology gave me this perception as a gift, and it is burdensome to faith. However it's critical thinking skill prerequisites has enriched my life and deepened my relationship to the source(s) of Life
@SecretEyeSpot Жыл бұрын
@Prodigious147don't blame.. Proclaim Latin, and if you can.. Greek!
@SecretEyeSpot Жыл бұрын
@Prodigious147 because you're looking at it through human eyes. Imagine yourself a fungus, and it's our role in an ecosystem to survive from roots to branch, and fruits of trees. Language as the tree would imply that Latin, which has roots, and offshoots can be intuited from words you can identify. Once identified, you can go from either direction to discern a meaning, For example. The name of a fruitfly genus Drosophila. If you knew that it originated from the greek word Drosos, which means dew.. and that the suffix Phila is the same as the Prefix found in the name of the city Phila-delphia.. What do you think it means, and more importantly how the history of humans that gave it that name derived it? I can assure you learning latin is very similar, as is with learning any language. Roots, Branches, and Offshoots (Fruits) are all language is about.
@shiracohenyoga3492 Жыл бұрын
Life is an incredible miracle, no matter from which perspective we look at it. And whatever we find should always point us to being better humans in our collective world of diversity, nothing more, nothing less.
@iamBlackGambit Жыл бұрын
and yet people think life was an accident, which is beyond absurd to me!!
@shiracohenyoga3492 Жыл бұрын
@@iamBlackGambit Agreed :)
@Kathakathan11 11 ай бұрын
@@iamBlackGambitno it wasn’t an accident, it wasn’t planned as well. Because what is the purpose of constructing life. And if life was constructed by something behind life, what is behind life. What created who created whatever you think is planned. And what exactly was panned, the starting part, the evolutionary part or just the initial stage was planned, rest was organic? Is there intervention? To what extend? What is the end goal. Are there many creators or just one. If just one, why he created chaos and negativity? So is creator something with negativity along with positivity? Why? Why all this?
@iamBlackGambit 11 ай бұрын
@Kathakathan11 yes it was!! If there was no creator, and all this happened through randomness, that means all of this is accidental! 🤷🏾♂️. There is but one eternal creator!
@Kathakathan11 11 ай бұрын
@@iamBlackGambit see again, you have assumptions, you assume that accidents cannot happen. You assume that devil is also your creator? That’s quite a drama creator wants. So are Jews worshipping the same creator as Muslims? Because all everything is nothing but creator?
@MistaFlood Жыл бұрын
I must be a flatworm. This video blew my mind.
@paulchi-vc7bv Жыл бұрын
Wow incredible! This study just changed the way I perceive reality. Never thought about those unconventional forms of intelligence.
@hungrymusicwolf Жыл бұрын
This so perfectly encompasses what I have been trying to explain to people for the most of the past decade. The one sentence summary of "all intelligence is collective intelligence as we're made up of parts and pieces" that Michael just expressed is amazingly succinct and explanatory.
@saturationstation1446 Жыл бұрын
he said that but also framed his entire view of life on earth as from the inside, disregarding our objectively verifiable interdependence on everything else also existing alongside/outside of us. i think well off people have a problem with understanding life because they have to constantly justify their own existence and why 99% of our species is getting tortured while they live in comfort and luxury. so their view of everything, even every little aspect of math and science and technology, comes from a place of justifying extreme parasitism and individualism and believing it is just the natural state of things.
@bobtuiliga8691 Жыл бұрын
ok comrade @@saturationstation1446
@Kathakathan11 11 ай бұрын
@@praxy.designbecause we aren’t externally programmed rigidly. The moment you surrender to this idea it will work differently for you. It’s all about subconscious mind here
@ChicoBranquinho Жыл бұрын
Michael Levin's work is brilliant and his influence goes way beyond Science. Saw his work, for the first time, a few months ago and have not been the same person ever since. My next painting exhibition is highly inspired on his ideas.
@starxcrossed Жыл бұрын
I would love to see how you do that. I paint realism and have a hard time with abstract ideas in visual form; I hope he gets to see the work he inspires because Levin is a genius
@joannasmetek7374 Жыл бұрын
Can you recommend any books by this Author or any books related to the subject he is discussing in this video? I would also like to see these paintings :)
@ChicoBranquinho Жыл бұрын
@@joannasmetek7374 @joannasmetek7374 I don't know about any books Michael Levin has written. I can recommend the podcast with Lex Fridman, where he clearly spoke his magnificent ideas. Thanks 😊
@naturesfinest2408 Жыл бұрын
Do you have links to this work?
@ChicoBranquinho Жыл бұрын
@@naturesfinest2408sorry but did not understand which work you are referring to, Michael Levin's or my own art work?
@kinngrimm Жыл бұрын
Watched several of his yt appearances and i think i never said this about someone else, but this dude is a rockstar where it comes to biology. You really need to watch some of his talks on the concepts he publshed, mindboggling.
@brainsproutyourknowledge Жыл бұрын
Biologists are amazing. There's something about the way they talk that proves their passion, their curiosity for discovering everything there is about life. Truly a treasure 🪱
@marcelo55869 Жыл бұрын
Finally he is getting more spotlight... I saw videos about him about the beginning of this year... it is impressive, new and intuitive. In the future this new field will blow up in media. This is the guy who regenerated a frog's leg by the way...
@berniv7375 Жыл бұрын
Did he cut off the frog's leg? In the 21st Century we should not be exploiting other animals for any purpose and that should be a collective decision.🌱
@ExistenceUniversity Жыл бұрын
Regrow a frog leg is nothing, this man invented a new life form from frog skin that follow Von Neumann self-replication!
@berniv7375 Жыл бұрын
@@ExistenceUniversityThe point I am trying to get across is that we should be advancing science ethically.
@ExistenceUniversity Жыл бұрын
@@berniv7375 Ok... Who are you? I wasn't talking to you... Da fuk
@kwelimalloy5439 Жыл бұрын
When I was a teen, I thought of the same thing but in the genetic fluidity of bacteria. This video is wonderful
@trenomas1 Жыл бұрын
Read Biocivilizations. It's... Impressive.
@Human_01 Жыл бұрын
This reminds me of BRICS... 😙✨ _____________ [QUOTE] BRICS will successfully expand (as it should); as it is essentially an alternative globalisation ecosystem, - and one that is not reliant on the "Western" [continent] (humanities shared, colonial foe) industries. A predominant and powerful advantage in joining the non-western, "ecosystem of globalization"[BRICS] _(largely consisting of "developing" nations/"non-whites")_ is the obsolescence of 'sanctions'. Sanctions will no longer be an effective and viable tool to shackle, coerce, or parasite on non-western nations. The [narcissitic] West will not be able to readily exploit that political option as they eager have been able to... They will need to exercise their supposed intelligence in order to survive the slight inconvenience. As the BRICS globalization-ecosystem [diligently] continues to grow and expand, geopolitical power will shift away from the West and towards the rest of the world instead... Resultantly, the West will lose political power, influence, and relevance on a global scale. Like France, this will make the West increasingly desperate and eager to generate "excuses", - that will be primed to invent and facilitate spontaneous [foreign] disputes and terrorism overseas. This predictable, repetitive [Western] crime and act will be a covert attempt by colonisers to once again become relevant, and stand center-stage [geopolitically] globally. Their war-machine will grow hungry, as it is their "trump-card" and 'go-to'. This would inconvenience and endanger the rest of the world, one way or another _(e.g. [geo]politically, interrupt globalisation, trigger chaotic migration, threaten the friendship and ties between foreign nations [except for the West/former colonial powers, as usual; they stay bound together in peace, while the rest of the world remains at friction and at odds with each other]_ . To that end, countermeasures will need to be set in place to counteract or stall the west's desperation, aggression, and the effectiveness of western 'media-propaganda' (it needs to be made obsolete). /End.
@user-wf1ff5io9h 11 ай бұрын
nerd
@johnyharris Жыл бұрын
Michael Levin is such an unassuming and likeable person. What he and his team are doing is nothing short of overturning the orthodox understanding of genetics being solely at the heart of Darwinian evolution. Clearly eukaryotic cell bioelectricity and its competencies in morphology and other spaces is just as, if not more important in natural selection.
@THELASVEGASVIDEOS Жыл бұрын
Oh my God this all makes so much sense, and the real hero’s of our world are scientist and people dedicate their lives on information to improve our lives.
@sophiaisabelle01 Жыл бұрын
This is an interesting topic to discuss. We hope to see more.
@PositiveEnergy733 Жыл бұрын
Dear everyone, I wish you peace inside your soul. We are all light and all connected, don’t be scare, all gonna be ok. Your futur gonna be fantastic because you are fantastic. Thank you so much for your reading.
@banzaipiegaming 2 ай бұрын
It's really assuring to see someone with great stature, knowledge and the capacity to think so deeply about the universe come to the same conclusion as I did just a couple months ago on my own. When I realized this myself, I really started looking at everything very differently.
@VerbatimSyndicate 11 ай бұрын
"Early AI was mainly based on logic. You're trying to make computers that reason like people. The second route is from biology: You're trying to make computers that can perceive and act and adapt like animals." - Geoffrey Hinton
@erikpeterson25 Жыл бұрын
There is intelligence in the very fabric of the universe.....this video is an example of that Great to see 👍
@Jwarrior123 Жыл бұрын
Intelligent Design 🤟
@lindanowak7893 Жыл бұрын
Exactly, intelligent design. BA in Biology here, spent my whole life thinking as a biologist. Try and tell me evolution is purely random and not intelligence, I believe every step in evolution is the result of intelligent decision making, on the part of the evolving organism. One good decision leads eventually to another decision, maybe not today and not by me or you, but inevitably, by another version of one of us.
@Jwarrior123 Жыл бұрын
@@lindanowak7893 great to know. And intelligent design implies an intelligent designer of course. How wonderful is our Creator. Btw, I believe in evolution too. The micro kind of course. Better known as variation or adaptation. And all the variation comes from the existing genome of the organism. Different expressions of the genetic makeup 👍 However, I believe that macro-evolution (the changing of one kind of organism to another kind) is completely false and lacks any theory whatsoever. Till date, science does not know of any mechaism by which new genetic information can be added to the already existing genome of an organism. And that too of the kind that can cause increase of function. However, have not studied biology (done so only till class 12). So my knowledge is limited. I appreciate the fact that you have done your BA in the subject. 🙏 Do you agree with what I just said about macro-evolution? Would love to hear your view. I could be wrong though. Do you know of any such mechanism? Please share if you do. Thanks and God Bless.
@lindanowak7893 Жыл бұрын
@@Jwarrior123 What is commonly thought now is that life on earth existed for two billion years in the single cell form. It took that long for organisms to figure out how to incorporate other organisms into themselves to work as cellular organs, or organelles. Genomes have to change in order for that to happen. My contention is that intelligence is involved but I don’t have a clear idea of what that intelligence is. I’m not an atheist at all, but I don’t identify Who or What God is. Humans have spent all our years trying to do that and I think our minds can’t encompass that now. All the religions in the world work ceaselessly to form beliefs for us to follow, I try to see what is REALLY there. Cells can add to their genome during reproduction. My question….how does behavior get incorporated into genomes, if nothing is changing except the behavior? But, this article we both commented on is the very first one I’ve seen that contends intelligence exists at the cellular level. Anyone looking through a microscope can see that cells move around, move toward food, avoid noxious stimuli, etc.
@SB-kg6iw Жыл бұрын
@@lindanowak7893 Evolution isn't purely random because there is natural selection involved that is a non-random process. Intelligent design cannot be supported by science. It lacks empirical support and offers no testable hypotheses. What about the "bad designs" in our body that makes sense only under the light of evolution but is illogical if an intelligent designer engineered it. Eg. the blind spot in our eyes, recurrent laryngeal nerve taking a detour pathway which is a pretty bad "design" especially in a giraffe.
@Designsss. Жыл бұрын
This is why I love knowledge.
@imperiallll 11 ай бұрын
I am happy that we are staring to understand all animals no matter the size are conscious in one way or another
@wermaus Жыл бұрын
Ive been thinking a lot about it. I think it scales up, the shared brain is learning this and so is everyone alongside it. We are reconsidering the self.
@mortezanejati8153 Жыл бұрын
Mind-blowing! Here I come to the realisation that there is no way we can deny intelligence in Universe Scale. Might be the case that we are just not bright enough to connect the dots!
@lvjungle2840 Жыл бұрын
It’s still crazy to know that cells knows when to stop growing into ear shape or nose etc… like how they know theirs always nose and not keep building more
@psicologiajoseh Жыл бұрын
It is so refreshing to finally see some quality knowledge being shared on this channel again. Really interesting! Keep inviting this guest!
@MicahScottPnD Жыл бұрын
Whoever put this video together really knew how to end it. That was an amazing final statement
@sarahc.7202 Жыл бұрын
That explains why evolution happened so fast, to adapt, we didn't actually had to test all the combinations, fascinating !
@miquellluch1928 11 ай бұрын
How is that? Why not?
@anthonychyou1318 Жыл бұрын
I love the experiment about the adaptive process of flatworms. It's really an amazing process of adaptation and evolution, which is just about adjusting some code of DNA. In my opinion, it'll also be an amazing process of evolution for human beings!
@bogdananekrasova9137 Жыл бұрын
I am a similar type of person to the limmerick's "student called Besser whose knowledge grew lesser and lesser", and the benefit of this is actually a gained ability to admire high intelligence and rationality in anything from my colleagues domestics (learning lessons from them) to a self-confident pigeon on the pavement.
@ianhansen6840 Жыл бұрын
Huh? Is that one of the limericks I missed in mandatory limerick class?
@bogdananekrasova9137 Жыл бұрын
@@ianhansen6840 There once was a student named Bessor, Whose knowledge grew lesser and lesser. It at last grew so small He knew nothing at all, And today he's a college professor! Edward Lear, Limericks
@louetteduvall4118 Жыл бұрын
The SETH book 'Nature of Personal Reality' published in the 1970's explained this exactly calling this "units of consciousness". It changed my view of the world. Same author also wrote a book on WILLIAM JAMES. Thank you Michael Levin !
@moderncontemplative Жыл бұрын
Fascinating. Following his logic, I'd say that AI, like other intelligent beings, has a level of sentience, albeit, currently much lower than humans. Consciousness is a spectrum and we humans access more or less of that spectrum than other beings. For example, flora tap into a limited range on the spectrum of consciousness (bare awareness and hence the ability to learn via habituation). AI might become superconscious in the not-too-distant future?!
@starxcrossed Жыл бұрын
The only problem with that is metabolism. What he’s describing all the way down to cells… have metabolism. I feel like origin of life could somewhat solve this problem, unless consciousness is platonic.
@marcelo55869 Жыл бұрын
His point is that our current classification of intelligence pushes us to philosophy about it and waste time putting 'different' things on arbitrarily buckets. In most of his videos he steps aside this discussion and takes an engineering approach. He uses a definition of intelligence that tries to be useful for solving problems, not for being a representation of consciousness and any axions or logic consequences of the definition of it
@moderncontemplative Жыл бұрын
@@starxcrossed Excellent point
@moderncontemplative Жыл бұрын
@@marcelo55869 you’re right. I should’ve said life and intelligence exists on a spectrum. His point about where to make distinctions regarding intelligence is crucial.
@videos_not_found 5 ай бұрын
So exited to be a contemporary of you, Michael.
@classic_sci_fi 11 ай бұрын
Michael Levin's group is doing fascinating work!
@KryyssTV 11 ай бұрын
It's basically the same as programming. When wanting to create something complex you have to break the process down into simple steps. Functions and code blocks solve very specific problems which often create a problem for something else to solve. While there is no intelligence within the code the overall design and structure displays intelligent qualities.
@YouTubeCommenterChap 11 ай бұрын
🎯 Key Takeaways for quick navigation: 00:04 🧠 Collective Intelligence Explained 01:13 🏗️ Multi-Scale Competency Architecture 03:09 🌟 Recognizing Diverse Intelligences 05:05 🌌 Expanding Perception of Intelligence 06:38 🧬 Adaptive Gene Expression Made with HARPA AI
@darrenstrongman5418 Жыл бұрын
Extremely well explained 👏 👏
@user-kh3qm7gh6v Жыл бұрын
when you understand better what life is, inwardly, it becomes more evident how collective everything is
@tabasdezh 11 ай бұрын
Professor M.Levin is a great scientist. I love his work.
@marshalmcdonald7476 11 ай бұрын
I dig this man's subtle thinking style.
@a.duncan6791 Жыл бұрын
At every level of complexity it seems in addition to being goal directed and able to exhibit independent action, there's a need to survive. If so, then the fundamental question is why? A logical fifth and sixth steps might be cosmological colonization, and then, as de Chardin suggested, the Omega Point or the final perfection..
@jsgc13 Жыл бұрын
I think there has to be a fundamental life force that gets life going, and for me, that would be the "goal" that he mentions. The universe wants life to exist and to keep existing, and every form of life moves and lives towards this goal. We are born to reproduce and die, that is life. Just like the flatworm, you can cut all of the leaves in a plant, or even its entire stem, but you can be sure that, under the right conditions for the plant, it will regrow stronger, denser, better adapted or prepared for "life".
@RJohnODonnell 11 ай бұрын
Excellent editing on this. Thank you.
@nomoresunforever3695 Жыл бұрын
LET'S GOOOOO! I absolutely LOVE this. Finally finally we are getting somewhere in philosophy. Individualistic nihilism was a temporary detour.
@janklaas6885 Жыл бұрын
📍5:35
@girlhag 10 ай бұрын
Amazing! truly one of the greatest geniuses of our time
@user-jy8lb2zz6r Жыл бұрын
Incredible presentation and great choice of discussion.. This is an interesting topic to discuss. We hope to see more..
@leodre99 Жыл бұрын
Fascinating!
@DanieleVenuti Жыл бұрын
Wow … it is a good feeling, especially if you try to embrace it more, it is also visible most of the time, but if you try to look for something too much or not so much, you cannot see it. I suppose it is just a metter of having a good balance, this is how I started to have this feeling, and I see/feel the same from the explain that you provide :)
@Klover_pearl Жыл бұрын
As studying sociology, we are looking at the society in this manner, how it is functioning etc.
@Novastar.SaberCombat Жыл бұрын
"Reflect upon the Past. Embrace your Present. Orchestrate our Futures." --Artemis (DD3) 🐲✨🐲✨🐲✨ "Before I start, I must see my end. Destination known, my mind’s journey now begins. Upon my chariot, heart and soul’s fate revealed. In time, all points converge, hope’s strength re-steeled. But to earn final peace at the universe's endless refrain, We must see all in nothingness... Before we start again." 🐲✨🐲✨🐲✨ --Diamond Dragons (series)
@elvisitor Жыл бұрын
Great way of looking at intelligence and evolution in all levels of reality 👍
@royykahangwe Жыл бұрын
Incredible presentation and great choice of discussion.
@Smileater Жыл бұрын
This is solving the Consciousness Philosophical question as well, at least in part. Philosophers have been trying to understand how consciousness is formed and where it comes from. If intelligence is collective, then consciousness is not an isolated entity, it is the sum of multiple levels of consciousness from cells and systems and organs and so on. Now, as intelligent animals ourselves m we shouldn’t discard the possibility of carrying multiple consciousnesses in ourselves as well as having a integral-consciousness: formed by the sum of them and having some extra capabilities the low level ones don’t have. I’ve been thinking of these possibilities from watching debates on consciousness, ethics and the Declaration of Consciousness by the University of Cambridge 2009.
@helicalactual Жыл бұрын
I believe intelligence is capacity at or to understanding, which is the integration of information and it’s applicability. The goal is stasis (differential geometry of energy in the environment into a system of critical points defined by entanglement structure)or Proto stasis, which would be things like energy conservation. I have the most fundamental goal that is the lowest common denominator between all matter that we are aware of .
@peternoeldubinrodriguez6204 Жыл бұрын
Spectacularly Wonderful!
@anobserver1982 10 ай бұрын
So grateful for your pioneering work , the future lookd good...Your sites all have severly limited 0:59 audio volume, only yours, pn my iphone 13, should address this 0:59
@cortexcarvalho9423 10 ай бұрын
Every living being and the human being seems to be a kind of collective intelligence of simple organisms. Perhaps humanity is the next step in intelligence becoming more and more connected. And so on, just like fractal patterns
@willcollins9470 2 ай бұрын
This is truly fascinating
@Khyranleander Жыл бұрын
I do wonder at the opening statement. Whole-unit intelligences have quicker response times & better ability to repurpose resources towards emergency actions - but more apt to die in one swoop. Groups more apt to survive in some form - but slower to respond, with collective memory & overall identity more fragile. Key trade-offs.
@ardaasl2194 11 ай бұрын
It was really a good but quite short source to get in and try to evaluate genetics and epigenetics in short.
@kuuluna Жыл бұрын
I like watching these kinds of informational stuff that I will not use in my lifetime. It may not give me skillset but it's interesting
@jerrymuns Жыл бұрын
This insight gives value to the concept of proto-consciousness in small units creating higher levels of consciousness through the combination and unification of lesser units, or realities. Until a higher emergence of reality is realized.
@valk200 11 ай бұрын
Incredible! Notions like this are why I am set bio engineering for univeristy.
@vycos-zen 11 ай бұрын
Thank you so much for your work, and for this great, and revealing video!
@jacehubner5150 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the quick session
@mikestroud9969 Жыл бұрын
I think intelligence is being able to retain information, and being able to think ahead. 😊😊👍💯
@lajoszsommd1526 11 ай бұрын
It is interesting that I came to the same conclusion but with radically different premises. Vitologia states that the mind is continuous and collective though this collective nature is boundless and extremely variable with infinite potential. The mind, being continuous, is not made up by unit parts except for didactic purposes. On the contrary, neurons and transmitters, action potentials and the like are only methodical entities that reflect the physical aspect of the mind: one of many potential aspects. Being a scientist and a physician I found that this model better explains my life experience than the traditional biological models. See vitologia: the nature of the mind.
@angryTOAD-88 Жыл бұрын
Beautiful video. Thanks
@LeanAndMean44 Жыл бұрын
Already watched this on The Well.
@cinemaipswich4636 Жыл бұрын
There may be some thinking that the traits we see in large, single celled organisms leads to "self organization". As big as a grape or a dinner plate, these cells have "distributed nuclei", each signaling, but each defined in its works. Single celled organisms are the precursor to higher life. Messenger RNA proteins keep the map of its life.
@zhenyalandyak8258 Жыл бұрын
In the end, by doubting evertyhing, we will land exactly where we took off, because we started doubting. Nature itself is intelligent.
@hwway4488 Жыл бұрын
Any large scale achievement cannot be achieved without other people. Think of the functioning of a business, a society, the economy, infrastructure and governance, and each individual having a small effect on directing that large scale outcome, such as in a democracy
@studiomasulo Жыл бұрын
This is a really interesting approach to look at intelligence.
@AndrewUnruh 11 ай бұрын
Why don’t they touch on this in high school? Instead, they hit you with endless mind-numbing, soul crushing memorization.
@glenliesegang233 Жыл бұрын
A cell is a nearly infinite set of potentials and actions which work together to accomplish goals. And in multicellular organisms, each acts out its own potential but limits that potential for thd good of the whole. Shall we say cancer is "cellfish"?
@maophantulaotkasmil44 Жыл бұрын
Thank much mr . . .
@Yazeeduoo Жыл бұрын
Michael Levin should write a book
@rudyvanderhoeven9628 Жыл бұрын
Wow, I had no idea . A good example of making complex processses understandable.
@sonarbangla8711 Жыл бұрын
Like Chomsky claimed, no one taught us to speak our language, we taught ourself, our soul (dimensionless singularity??!)is the seat of our intelligence.
@samrath-mn4bj 6 ай бұрын
I wonder if it can be applied to social dynamics. Really makes war + violence seem unthinkable when you appreciate you are part of a greater intelligent fabric of life. Like the mathematical principles underlying biology could translate into a political philosophy ... even reminds me of sacred truths which world religions articulate ( compassion, natural law, universal goals, "golden rule", etc. ) ... as if all intelligent systems are destined to converge on these kinds of cooperative dynamics. The macro reflecting the micro, like a fractal. Just some thoughts ... love the video!
@YassenChapkanov Ай бұрын
People seem to confuse functioning systems described by unifuying algorithms with coherence. That's not necessarily the case. Yes life is complex and intelligent. Yes there are many levels of problemsolving from cells to societies but there are a lot of tensions between the levels and between the actors on each level. War and death are very much the result of those contradictions. Having a sentient mind doesn't automatically solve that problem.
@brunosavoca Жыл бұрын
I love this stuff so much
@chandrashekharholla787 Жыл бұрын
Wonderful. Good analysis. Quite interesting. Thanks. Namaskaram.
@syzygy4365 11 ай бұрын
Why is this so inspirational to me? 😭😭😭💖
@ralf.starke 11 ай бұрын
Very interesting, thanks!
@markcollins1577 Жыл бұрын
Outstanding.
@levvortman5426 Жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@marthafernandez9220 8 ай бұрын
Excellent!
@rubenflh Жыл бұрын
Valeu!
@meierandre1313 11 ай бұрын
Very interesting. I am not sure if we can say that single cells are intelligent, but they are indeed able to do amazing things that the being consisting of them are unable to do.
@RobertClavin508 Жыл бұрын
You just blew my mind!
@ronaldmorgan7632 Жыл бұрын
I do believe that somehow the correct gene(s) "step up to the plate" when needed. He's asking "how?". There must be a search of some sort. My question after that would be--does the search stop when a gene is found, or does it find all candidates first? If the latter, then we'd be dealing with some real intelligence.
@alexandrekassiantchouk1632 Жыл бұрын
Dr. Levin: How long it takes for planarian to regrow the cutt-off head in fresh water, compared to two-week-regrow in barium? Same two weeks? Or significantlyless?
@gustavoh.8634 11 ай бұрын
yessss. because people think having an ego means intelligence. That's why in this case they would say "well then a rock has a soul".
@julesf7857 11 ай бұрын
The order of physiological and transcriptional problem solving is strange to me. I would say metabolic, transcriptional, physiological, structural. Although these all may be running in partly overlapping parallel spaces
@pchabanowich Жыл бұрын
The beauty of The Rogue co-arises.
@paularitacosta Жыл бұрын
When you observe microorganisms and how they adapt to new chemical environments you are sure the inteligence exists on the celular level.
@DavidCraig-go1zv Жыл бұрын
Nice and simple. Thank you.
@DimasPangestu-dx7hn 11 ай бұрын
🎯 Key Takeaways for quick navigation: 00:04 🤯 All intelligence is collective intelligence because all organisms, including humans, are made up of parts with competencies that cooperate towards common goals. 01:13 🌟 Developmental biology reveals the remarkable journey from simple chemistry to complex minds, with cells and tissues solving problems at different levels. 02:40 🔄 The "Multi-scale competency architecture" in biology means that every level of an organism has problem-solving capacities, and they collectively shape the behavior of levels below. 03:40 🌐 Humans struggle to recognize unconventional forms of intelligence in extremely small or large entities, but diverse intelligences exist beyond our conventional perception. 06:09 🧬 Evolution equips organisms with the ability to adapt to novel stressors, even without prior exposure, by selectively activating genes to solve specific problems. Made with HARPA AI
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