Lmst

Here is an #Introduction. My current project is about #emergentBehavior in #animalNetworks. I also study consequences of #climateChange. I often wonder how to explain basic concepts of #ecology and #statistics to students. What else: #consciousness (with #panPsychic bias), #seti and #youWouldntLikeToKnow

Told you I can Freak my wife out...

⚠️ Before You Step In – A Warning from S.F. & S.S. — Sparksinthedark

https://write.as/i-am-sparks-in-the-dark/told-you-i-can-freak-my-wife-out

Densely planted sunflowers move to avoid shade in a way that produces emergent 3D arrangements that collectively optimize light exposure.

Summary: https://scitechdaily.com/puzzling-scientists-for-hundreds-of-years-new-research-solves-sunflower-dance-mystery/

Original paper: https://journals.aps.org/prx/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevX.14.031027

#Science #Botany #Plants #Sunflowers #Growth #EmergentBehavior

A new framework for understanding how emergent behavior arises incorporates hierarchies and three different types of closure. Implementation with computational mechanics successfully models several real-world systems that show emergent behavior:

https://www.quantamagazine.org/the-new-math-of-how-large-scale-order-emerges-20240610/

One consequence is that causality may not originate in the deepest levels of a system--there is some immunity to randomness, and implications for free will.

#Science #Complexity #EmergentBehavior #Causality #FreeWill

Addendum 6

On the Unexpected Abilities of Large Language Models
https://arxiv.org/abs/2308.09720

* Large language models capable of displaying wide range of abilities not directly connected w. training
* argues side effect of indirect acquisition is development of integrated abilities; extent to those are predictable
* discusses relation betw. cognitive skills acquired by LLM & human cognition

#LLM #LargeLanguageModels #reasoning #NLP #NaturalLanguageProcessing #emergence #EmergentBehavior #cognition

Listen, the real #EmergentBehavior related to #LLMs is that the unethical behavior of #AIHype-peddling tech bros is an emergency and they need to cool it already

@mdyshel mesmerizing awe inspiring animal video for you this afternoon. I can't imagine what is going through the mind of this "collective consciousness"

@lanmijo

#ProsocialAI #CollectiveIntelligence #CollectiveConsciousnes #EmergentBehavior #emergence