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Intelligence - draft (CAI ch. 9)

The premise is: Intelligence in a byproduct of interaction, which is itself of separation, which originated in Awareness. It also suggests that there are countless forms non-material willful intelligence that affect and control our lives. This is a record of a live Q&A in the topic of intelligence. While the content is a bit rough, it’s quite good, but need serious cleaning up and editing, hence, the “draft’ status.

TL;DR The conceptual model of intelligence suggests that intelligence emerges from a zero-dimensional point, expanding through self-organization driven by energy flow, with complexity enhancing the ability to manage, transmit, and utilize energy, leading to more sophisticated intelligence. Intelligence is distinguished from consciousness, where intelligence involves learning and applying knowledge. Simple systems having basic awareness and complex systems, like humans, exhibiting advanced self-reflective consciousness. Intelligence arises from interactions between instances of consciousness, with increased complexity and organization enhancing sophistication. Morphic fields influence the stable organized patterns of intelligence, as proposed by Rupert Sheldrake. The universe’s intelligent behavior suggests broader forms of intelligence that influence and organize systems. Competing intelligences drive adaptation and evolution, with conflict leading to dominance, integration, or destabilization. Ideas and beliefs, described as mind viruses, spread within cultures, influencing behavior. Higher intelligences influencing human conditions align with many religious models. Mind viruses can affect genetic expression through epigenetic mechanisms, creating a feedback loop between cultural beliefs and genetic expressions. Systems are structured as holons, which are both wholes and parts of larger wholes, with each level of the hierarchy exhibiting self-organization and intelligence, from subatomic particles to galaxies.


As this is a draft, there is no transcript, per se. I did a voice-to-text, but the quality was quite bad, so it lost a lot of words, still, it managed to extract the following key points. From these points I did a reference search.


Key Points Outline:

  1. Key Points:

    1. Conceptual Model of Intelligence
      • Intelligence emerges from a zero-dimensional point, expanding through self-organization driven by energy flow.
      • As systems become more complex, their ability to manage, transmit, and utilize energy increases, leading to more sophisticated intelligence.
    2. Intelligence and Consciousness
      • Intelligence involves learning and applying knowledge, while consciousness involves self-awareness and subjective experience.
      • Artificial intelligence can be intelligent without being self-aware.
      • Higher levels of intelligence might give rise to consciousness, with simple systems having basic awareness and complex systems, like humans, exhibiting advanced self-reflective consciousness.
    3. Awareness and Consciousness
      • Awareness is an intrinsic property of existence, and consciousness is a contextual instance of awareness within duality.
      • All things have some level of consciousness; the difference is the level of self-reflection.
    4. Emergence of Intelligence
      • Intelligence emerges from interactions between instances of consciousness.
      • Complexity and organization increase the sophistication of intelligence.
    5. Morphic Fields
      • Intelligence can exist as stable organized patterns influenced by morphic fields, as proposed by Rupert Sheldrake.
    6. Universal Intelligence
      • The universe acts in an intelligent manner, suggesting the presence of broader or higher forms of intelligence.
      • Higher intelligences influence and organize systems within the universe.
    7. Conflict and Adaptation
      • Competing intelligences drive adaptation and evolution.
      • Conflict can lead to dominance, integration, or destabilization of systems.
    8. Mind Viruses
      • Ideas and beliefs spread within a culture, influencing behavior and potentially leading to epigenetic changes.
      • Mind viruses operate by embedding themselves in human minds and culture, spreading and evolving over time.
    9. Religious Models
      • Higher intelligences or deities influence human conditions, similar to how holons influence their partons.
      • This concept aligns with many religious models where deities guide human behavior.
    10. Epigenetic Influence
      • Mind viruses can influence genetic expression through epigenetic mechanisms.
      • Cultural beliefs and genetic expressions can create a feedback loop, reinforcing each other across generations.
    11. Holons and Hierarchical Structure
      • Systems are structured as holons, which are both wholes and parts of larger wholes.
      • Each level of the hierarchy, from subatomic particles to galaxies, exhibits self-organization and intelligence.
  2. Challenges and Future Directions

    • Understanding and defining intelligence and consciousness clearly.
    • Developing methods to measure and study non-material intelligences.
    • Exploring the influence of morphic fields and universal intelligence.
    • Investigating the impact of mind viruses and epigenetics on human behavior and evolution.
    • Integrating concepts of holons and hierarchical structures into scientific research.

Sources and References:

  1. Conceptual Model of Intelligence:

    Self-Organization in Complex Systems - jstor Self-organization represents the spontaneous emergence of order in natural and physical systems (Kauffman 1993). This process also has been observed in …

    Self-organizing Systems - SpringerLink Self‐organization is a core concept of Systems Science. It refers to the ability of a class of systems (self‐organizing systems (SOS)) to change their …

    (PDF) What Makes a System Complex? - An Approach to Self-Organization and Emergence This implies giving the system some intelligence in an adequate frame between new augmented system state and supervising operator, with consequences on …

    [PDF] THE SCIENCE OF SELF-ORGANIZATION AND ADAPTIVITY These complexity theorists study systems consisting of many interacting components, which undergo constant change, both autonomously and in interaction with …

    [PDF] Complex Adaptive Systems: Emergence and Self-Organization Complex Systems Theory is a scientific framework that explains how rules … many kinds (role-based, affective, cognitive, flows, etc.).

    Technological advancements toward smart energy management in … Self-organizing system framework, Smart transportation systems, Information … energy management under renewable energy sources and energy storage system in …

    Intelligent energy management systems: a review - SpringerLink In this review, we study intelligent systems for energy management in residential, commercial and educational buildings, classifying them in two …

    Self-organization, Natural Selection, and Evolution - Oxford Academic This article is an attempt to put the rich experimental and theoretical work on self-organization in biological systems into intuitive terms …

    Self-Organization, Transformity, and Information - jstor Characteristic ecosystem designs result from self-maximizing energy flow. The typical system design is a web of energy flows (pathways) and transformation …

    Self-organization in a diversity induced thermodynamics - PMC - NCBI In this work we show how global self-organized patterns can come out of a disordered ensemble of point oscillators, as a result of a …

  2. Intelligence and Consciousness:

    Can Machines Achieve True Self-Awareness? - YouTube Exploring the profound intersection of consciousness and artificial intelligence, this article …

    Could AI Ever Become Conscious? - YouTube Could AI become conscious? If artificial intelligence can respond to and interact with stimuli …

    If someday artificial intelligence will claim that it is self-aware … - Quora Currently, there is no conclusive evidence to suggest that we can create artificial intelligence that is truly self-aware and conscious. Self- …

    Can AI become self aware Theoretically, the most advanced artificial intelligence would be self-aware. Being self-aware.

    Why do we assume human levels of intelligence = consciousness? - Reddit The assumption is ‘once we have AI with human level intelligence we expect some level of consciousness to occur such as self-awareness/ …

    (PDF) Artificial Intelligence-Consciousness and Conscience - ResearchGate We discuss several applications of AI, in particular medical causality, where deep-learning neural networks screen through big data bases, …

    Has self-aware AI been created - Concordia College Artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot LaMDA was a self-aware person. … education By prompting critical thinking and self- . … consciousness or self-awareness. In …

    [PDF] Conscious AI - arXiv Keywords: artificial intelligence, AI, consciousness, service, AI consciousness … Subjective consciousness: A self-representational theory: Oxford University.

    Curious About Consciousness? Ask the Self-Aware Machines - Quanta Magazine Consciousness is a famously hard problem, so Hod Lipson is starting from the basics: with self-aware robots that can help us understand how …

    What is conscious AI? - Unity Forum But what I want to know is what is the very core of AI that separates something intelligent from something that just follows rules. And secondly …

  3. Awareness and Consciousness:

    The why of the phenomenal aspect of consciousness: Its main … Pre-reflective self-awareness is the constitutive structural feature of any conscious state: as such, it exists independently of reflective self-awareness.

    On the Intrinsic Nature of States of Consciousness - jstor James, an awareness of itself. Its complex object would be all of that which is known in this unitary instance of awareness, and the consciousness state.

    Intrinsic Awareness in Sartre - jstor Awareness of pre-reflective consciousness to become thetic consciousness of self” (p. … the pre-reflective level as a duality within a unity fails.

    Reflections on Inner and Outer Silence and Consciousness Without … In the current hypothesis paper, we propose that focusing attention on silence can be used as a paradigm conceptually similar to sensory.

    Nondual awareness: Consciousness-as-such as non … This paper advances a view that the main property of consciousness-as-such, or nondual awareness, is its non-representational non-conceptual reflexivity.

    On the Intrinsic Nature of States of Consciousness - Sage Journals In being feelingly aware of their body, individuals’ states of consciousness … Self-recognition and social awareness in the deconnected minor hemisphere.

    A continuum of consciousness: The Intrinsic Consciousness Theory Consciousness is described as a continuum where some levels are connected to awareness and others are not and the brain is considered to be.

    Implicit–explicit gradient of nondual awareness or consciousness as … This gradient informs about the degree to which nondual awareness is manifest in any experience, independent of the specifics of global state or.

    Editorial: Consciousness and Inner Awareness - SpringerLink This passage and others point to a conception of experience in which all conscious states are characterised by an inner awareness that has each.

    Self-Consciousness and Self-Awareness: Associations between … Evidence of association between self-consciousness and self-awareness was stronger for the awareness subscale in a positive correlation with affective.

  4. Emergence of Intelligence:

    Consciousness as an intelligent complex adaptive system Consciousness and the neural systems mediating consciousness may be modeled as CAS and, more specifically, as intelligent complex adaptive …

    Consciousness and complexity: a consilience of evidence According to this proposal, the complexity that is relevant for consciousness seems to be a matter of balance, a balance between diversity and unity, or, more …

    Can Computers Become Conscious and Overcome Humans? - PMC Hence, after consciousness emerges from the interaction between these processes, human intelligence would appear as the group of strategies …

    Complexity and Emergence in Biological and Artificial Systems “Thresholds of Consciousness: Complexity and Emergence in Biological and Artificial Systems” delves into the possibility that consciousness …

    Consciousness as an Emergent Phenomenon: A Tale of Different … A crucial element in connectionists approaches is that consciousness appears as an emergent property of large neuronal networks, requiring the interaction of …

    The Emergence of Integrated Information, Complexity, and … - MDPI Integrated Information Theory (IIT) posits that integrated information ( Φ ) represents the quantity of a conscious experience. Here, the generalized Ising …

    Brains, Minds, and Machines: Consciousness and Intelligence - MIT So Roger Sperry concluded that to the best of our knowledge, there are two conscious minds with two cortical hemispheres, but they’re totally independent. They …

    Research on How Human Intelligence, Consciousness, and … Considering this relationship as well as human’s confusion and concerns in understanding AI, this paper first analyzes the nature of AI, AI, and …

    Artificial intelligence, human cognition, and conscious supremacy On the other hand, AI systems seem to exhibit intelligence without consciousness. These instances seem to suggest possible dissociations between consciousness …

    Evolutionary origin and the development of consciousness This study integrates objective and subjective outlooks on the conscious process. •. Stochasticity of neural system is experienced in the form of subjective …

  5. Morphic Fields:

    Morphic Resonance and Morphic Fields an Introduction Morphic resonance is a theory proposing that memory is inherent in nature, with similar patterns influencing subsequent ones across time and space.

    (PDF) Morphic Fields - ResearchGate Morphic fields help to explain embryology, biological development, habits, memories, instincts, telepathy, and the sense of direction. They have…

    Rupert Sheldrake - Wikipedia Alfred Rupert Sheldrake (born 28 June 1942) is an English author and parapsychology researcher. He proposed the concept of morphic resonance, a conjecture…

    Morphic fields. - Rupert Sheldrake - PhilPapers Morphic fields help to explain embryology, biological development, habits, memories, instincts, telepathy, and the sense of direction. They have an inherent…

    Rupert Sheldrake — On Scientism, Morphic Resonance … - YouTube Rupert Sheldrake is a biologist and author of 9 books and over 100 scientific papers… AA…

    An Empirical Test of the Theory of Morphic Resonance by Using … Sheldrake posits that morphic fields are hierarchical, with fields nested within fields acting, for example, at the level of a cell, an organ, a human, and even…

    The Presence of the Past: Morphic Resonance and the Habits of … Rupert Sheldrake’s theory of morphic resonance challenges the fundamental assumptions of modern science. An accomplished biologist, Sheldrake proposes that…

    Rupert’s Resonance, Scientific American Morphic resonance, Sheldrake says, is “the idea of mysterious telepathy-type interconnections between organisms and of collective memories…

    My philosophy and Sheldrake’s morphic fields - Bernardo Kastrup Basically, he postulates the existence of a non-physical field of memory called ‘morphic field.’ The shape of our bodies, and those of all organisms and even…

  6. Universal Intelligence:

    There are very odd links! I am not sure why it selected these, as they don’t appear to have anything to do with holon or holoarchies.

    PIAAC Bibliography - 2008-2020 The present bibliography provides an overview of the literature for the Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC).

    Multicultural World in Zadie Smith’s Recent Novels This newly obtained view on the presence and form of multiculturalism in the society helps to analyze Smith’s novels in deeper understanding. Zadie Smith is …

    THE SALESIAN MISSION AND HUMAN RIGHTS ESPECIALLY Pope Benedict XVI spoke thus last December: “Sixty years ago, on 10 December, The United Nations General Assembly, meeting in Paris, adopted the Universal …

    LEARNING NEW WORDS Jones, G., Gobet, F., & Pine Jones, G., Gobet, F., & Pine, J. M. (in press). Linking working memory and long-term memory: A computational model of the learning of new words.

    Automating Diagrammatic Proofs of Arithmetic Arguments - ERA This thesis is on the automation of diagrammatic proofs, a novel approach to mechanised mathematical reasoning.

    INDONESIA: THE SEARCH FOR PEACE IN MALUKU - Crisis Group is much higher than those given by other sources. Page 13. Indonesia … Former British Secretary of State for Education and. Science; Member …

    A Postcolonial Approach to Margaret Atwood’s Novels Volume I - ULB description of the concept, i.e. “the type of intelligence that is cunning and devious and … over to higher education, Joan resists, feeling unable to play the …

    Design of a control mechanism for a hovering flapping wing micro International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), pages 3777– … Assuming the flapping frequency is much higher than the bandwidth of the system …

    Trafficking in persons (TIP), or human trafficking, is a … - State.gov Trafficking in persons (TIP), or human trafficking, is a widespread form of modern-day slavery. Traffickers often prey on individuals who are poor, …

    Existentialism in the Works of John Fowles ‘superior’ in intelligence or education does not excuse an … altogether like the only form a universal god could conceivably take.

  7. Conflict and Adaptation:

    GlobalTrends 2040 - DNI.gov Growing Competition for Dominance. The race for technological dominance is inexorably intertwined with evolving geopolitics and is increasingly shaped …

    Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Humans, Pew Research Center Experts say the rise of artificial intelligence will make most people better off over the next decade, but many have concerns about how …

    Multiple Intelligences and Success in School Studies The purpose of this case study is to examine the relationship between dominant intelligences according to Gardner’s multiple intelligence theory …

    Prediction and Judgment: Why Artificial Intelligence Increases the … First, military organizations that adopt AI will tend to become more complex to accommodate the challenges of data and judgment across a variety …

    Exploring the impact of Artificial Intelligence and robots on higher … Artificial Intelligence (AI) and robotics are likely to have a significant long-term impact on higher education (HE).

    TRADOC Pamphlet 525-3-8 This concept describes how senior Army warfighting formations at echelons above brigade (EAB) operate throughout the competition continuum to …

    The Joint Force in a Contested and Disordered World JOE 2035 illustrates several ideas about how changes to conflict and war might impact the capabilities and operational approaches required by …

    The Evolution of International Security Studies This is an unparalleled survey of the literature and institutions of ISS that will be an invaluable guide for all students and scholars of ISS, whether …

    INFORMATION WARFARE AND THE FUTURE OF CONFLICT PARTICIPANTS AND ASU THREATCASTING LAB TEAM. 8. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY. 10. THREATCASTING: A BRIEF OVERVIEW. 12. THE INFORMATION WARFARE THREATCASTING PROJECT.

    Emerging Military Technologies: Background and Issues for Congress This report provides an overview of selected emerging military technologies in the United States, China, and Russia: • artificial intelligence,.

  8. Mind Viruses:

    Cell-type-specific epigenetic effects of early life stress on the brain Here we review studies that have examined the effects of ELS on epigenetic modifications in cell-type-enriched isolates, or in genes from …

    Epigenome editor silences gene that causes deadly brain disorders A molecular-editing tool that’s small enough to be delivered to the brain shuts down the production of proteins that cause prion diseases, …

    Viral Manipulation of the Host Epigenome as a Driver of Virus … - NCBI Several studies show that all seven known human oncogenic viruses seduce the host epigenetic machineries by expression of viral proteins and ncRNAS to generate …

    The epigenetics of aging: What the body’s hands of time tell us Epigenetic changes are vital to normal biological functioning and can affect natural cycles of cellular death, renewal, and senescence.

    What is Epigenetics? The Answer to the Nature vs. Nurture Debate Scientific research shows that experiences can affect whether and how genes are expressed. Nature vs. Nurture is no longer a debate—it’s nearly always both!

    Epigenomics Fact Sheet - National Human Genome Research Institute Epigenomics is a field in which researchers chart the locations and understand the functions of all the chemical tags that mark the genome.

    A therapy candidate for fatal prion diseases turns off … - Broad Institute Whitehead and Broad scientists have developed a gene-silencing tool that could pave the way for a new class of genetic approaches to treat …

    Advances in Virus Epigenetics - News-Medical There has been growing evidence that viruses exploit epigenetic processes in order to control their life cycles. The role epigenetics plays in …

    Epigenetics - Wikipedia In biology, epigenetics is the study of heritable traits, or a stable change of cell function, that happen without changes to the DNA sequence.

    Could viral infections over a lifetime influence Alzheimer’s risk? Epigenetic changes in blood immune cells suggest that viral infections and other external factors may play a role in Alzheimer’s risk. Image …

  9. Religious Models:

    Meta-analyzing intelligence and religiosity associations - NCBI Consequently, intelligence correlations with religious beliefs may expected to be stronger than those with religious behaviors. Finally, meta- …

    (PDF) Is it smart to believe in God? The relationship of religiosity with education and intelligence The relationship of religiosity with education and intelligence was investigated with data from the World Values Survey covering a total of …

    The Relation Between Intelligence and Religiosity: A Meta-Analysis A meta-analysis of 63 studies showed a significant negative association between intelligence and religiosity. The association was stronger for …

    (PDF) The Effect of Spiritual Intelligence and Religious Faith on Self-Regulation Most Muslims find it hard to memorize the Qur’an due to certain factors. This research explored the effect of spiritual intelligence and religious.

    Losing faith in the intelligence–religiosity link: New evidence for a decline effect, spatial dependence, and mediation by education and life quality New evidence for a decline effect, spatial dependence, and mediation by education and life quality.

    (PDF) Intelligence - MIDUS High levels of religiosity have been linked to lower levels of intelligence in a number of recent studies. These results have generated both …

    Thinking about God increases acceptance of artificial intelligence in recommendations Abstract. Thinking about God promotes greater acceptance of Artificial intelligence (AI)-based recommendations. Eight preregistered experiments …

    (PDF) A CHRISTIAN REVIEW FOR LEADERS - Regent University Gardner criticizes modern academic institutions for ignoring the various types of intelligences that students possess.

    Modelling the effect of religion on human empathy based on an authoritarian God-image Different kinds of God-images have proved to influence human behaviour towards others in different ways. For example, where an authoritarian, …

    (PDF) The Varieties of Religious Experience Let me Página 6 de 400 The Varieties of Religious Experience: a Study in Human Nature / William James 4/13/2009 https://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/ …

  10. Epigenetic Influence:

    Epigenetics and the influence of our genes, Courtney Griffins This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED conferences.

    Epigenetics Directly Influence Gene Expression - YouTube Your browser can’t play this video. Learn more … Epigenetics Directly Influence Gene.

    The Genie in Your Genes: Epigenetic Medicine and the New Biology The Genie in Your Genes was the first book on epigenetics to describe how our emotions influence gene expression. Research teams led by Dawson have.

    Epigenetic changes in the developing brain: Effects on behavior The evolutionary impact of retrotransposons has depended on genetic mechanisms to control their stability. The epigenetic inheritance of retrotransposon.

    Unlock Your Epigenetics With Dr. Kenneth R. Pelletier, The Shift Move beyond disease-prediction models of DNA testing — and discover how you can influence your gene expression to enjoy vibrant health.

    Epigenetics and the influence of our genes. Can we … - YouTube Your browser can’t play this video. Learn more.

    (PDF) Epigenetics and Primal Therapy - ResearchGate Epigenetics is focused on the study of how experience changes an individual’s genetic expression, previously considered inalterable.

    Epigenetic life: biological plasticity, abnormality, and new Environmental epigenetics is a ‘hot’ new field of post-genomic science investigating mechanisms that influence how genes are expressed.

    Nov 16, 2023 - SlideShare Immerse yourself in a captivating world epigenetics with our comprehensive PDF guide, this document serves as an insightful resource for.

    An epigenetic barrier sets the timing of human neuronal maturation The maturation of cortical neurons is particularly slow, taking months to years to develop adult functions. Remarkably, such protracted timing.

  11. Holons and Hierarchical Structure:

    Agents, Self-Organization and Holonic Systems - Mihaela Ulieru Holarchies have been envisioned as models for the Universe’s self- organizing structure in which holons at several levels of resolution in the nested hierarchy …

    The ADACOR evolution - Biblioteca Digital do IPB Level 1 (logical structural self-organization): each holon is constantly trying to optimize its place in the holarchy structure. This …

    Structural Self-organized Holonic Multi-Agent Manufacturing Systems Worldwide systems are increasingly growing into unprecedented complexity levels. This increase of system complexity has to be …

    Organic Governance Through the Logic of Holonic Systems For example, a university is organized as an educational holarchy comprised of the President’s office, to which faculties (e.g., …

    March 28, 2006 8:7 WSPC/INSTRUCTION FILE plan We have chosen the holonic paradigm to provide these abilities to agents. Holons are recursive self-similar entities which are organized in an emergent.

    Model of Self-organizing Knowledge Representation and … The purpose of the paper is development of a conceptual model for the representation of knowledge as an active intellectual substance and, on this …

    Hierarchical-granularity holonic modelling Abstract Design criteria for distributed and pervasive intelligent systems, such as Multi Agent Systems (MAS),.

    Structural Self-organized Holonic Multi-Agent Manufacturing Systems … holons are organized according to a hierarchical structure) and a … A level 3 structural self-organization was used for the tests, since resources will.

    Piero Mella The Holonic Revolution - Pavia University Press … Self Organizing Hierarchical and Open systems, Self Organizing. Holonic … viewed as structures that are self-contained within their self-organization – even if.

    Self-Organization in Smart Manufacturing - NOVA Research Portal materials, functions, structures and resources for intelligent and … consider the use of hierarchies based on holonic systems. Functional modeling …