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Biological Intelligence
Biology atlas · Plate 06 · Research and reference
10 patterns8 deep divesResearch essay
Reviewed 17 Aug 2026Primary biology research plus explicit analogy labelsMethod, limits and sources +
Observation, biological mechanism, engineering analogy and failure boundary are kept separate.
- What computation is the organism or collective performing?
- Which mechanism could transfer to engineering?
- Where does the analogy stop being evidence?
Biological success does not prove an AI architecture. Basal cognition, danger theory and free-energy interpretations remain debated and should be read as research programmes, not settled engineering laws.