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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
Method

Observation, biological mechanism, engineering analogy and failure boundary are kept separate.

What this map can answer
  1. What computation is the organism or collective performing?
  2. Which mechanism could transfer to engineering?
  3. Where does the analogy stop being evidence?
Boundary

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.

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