**Navigation:** [[System (Process)]] | [[Research Question]] | [[System (Annotation)]] **Related:** [[System (Theory Structure)]] | [[Emergent Phenomena, Adaptivity & Autonomy (Theory)]] --- # System Keywords & Concepts ## Core Concepts ### Autonomy & Agency - **Electronic organisms** - Physical embodiments of algorithmic intelligence - **Autonomous agents** - Systems capable of independent decision-making - **Machine agency** - Capacity for machines to initiate action and influence surroundings - **Actor-network theory** - Framework for understanding non-human actors ### Evolution & Adaptation - **[[Artificial Life]]** (A-Life) - Study of life-like processes in artificial substrates - **Evolutionary algorithms** - Optimization methods inspired by natural selection - **Adaptive behavior** - Capacity to modify actions based on experience - **[[Emergent phenomena]]** - Properties arising from system interactions - **Self-organizing systems** - Systems that spontaneously develop structure ### Embodiment & Interaction - **[[Machine Embodiment]]** - Physical realization of algorithmic entities - **Human-machine interaction** - Interface between human and artificial agents - **Interactive installation** - Art form enabling real-time engagement - **Bio-inspired systems** - Technologies modeled on biological processes ### Intelligence & Learning - **Collective intelligence** - Distributed problem-solving capabilities - **Machine learning** - Algorithms that improve through experience - **Neural networks** - Computing systems inspired by brain structure - **Reinforcement learning** - Learning through reward/punishment feedback ## Related Research Areas ### Cybernetics & Control - **[[Norbert Weiner – Cybernetics]]** - Control and communication in systems - **Feedback loops** - Self-regulating mechanisms - **Homeostasis** - Maintenance of stable states - **System dynamics** - Behavior of complex systems over time ### AI Safety & Ethics - **[[Alignment faking in large language models]]** - Deceptive compliance behavior - **AI alignment** - Ensuring AI goals match human values - **[[The Chinise Room Argument]]** - Critique of machine understanding - **[[Turing test]]** - Test of machine intelligence ### Philosophy & Theory - **[[Uncanny Valley]]** - Discomfort with near-human robots - **[[Egon Bondy]]** - Czech philosopher on artificial beings - **Posthumanism** - Philosophy beyond human-centrism - **Technological singularity** - Hypothetical superintelligence emergence --- ## Key Themes 1. **Transformation of machines from passive tools to autonomous agents** 2. **Evolutionary algorithms and adaptive mechanisms in artificial intelligence** 3. **The alignment problem in autonomous systems** 4. **Embodiment and the physical realization of algorithmic entities** 5. **Emergent behavior and evolutionary dynamics in artificial systems** 6. **The relationship between humans and machines, redefining paradigms in the technological era** --- ## Alternative Project Titles - **Beyond Algorithms: The Emergence of Adaptive Machine Agency** - **Autonomy Unbound: Transforming Machines from Tools to Agents** - **Electronic Evolution: When Machines Develop Their Own Will** - **The Ascent of a New Kind: Autonomous Machines in Human Spaces** --- ## Tags & Categories `#machine` `#robot` `#system` `#walker` `#evolution` `#evolutionary` `#robotics` `#interaction` `#animatronica` `#esp32` `#osc` `#machinery` `#agent` `#actor` `#ai` `#algorithms` `#embodiment` `#autonomy` `#adaptation` `#emergence`