Author: DShep
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Someone With an Answer
Function Follows Form It seems that University of Southern California researchers have discovered a type of AI that they might well call NI, Natural Intelligence. (https://viterbischool.usc.edu/news/2026/06/usc-scientists-built-a-tiny-system-that-thinks-like-a-brain-and-runs-on-thin-air/). It follows what I call Functions Follows Form. If you built it right it just works. No intellectual coercion involved. This could be the first steps toward inventing what…
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Lithotrophs Come to Robotics
The word lithotroph has historically been associated with the origins of organic life. The word comes from the ancient Greek and means “eater of rocks”. As a biological organism, a bacteria, it lived off inorganic matter. So what if lithotroph also applied to a mechanical being that used power from sunlight and/or nuclear energy? The…