First, "emergent property" is an oft-misused term. With respect to consciousness, it is one of those hand-wavey terms people like to throw around without any substance behind it. Used appropriately, ...

In this post, I’d like to expand a bit on the “selfish gene”, which has proven to be quite a powerful idea, and to present my thoughts on why it nevertheless provides an incomplete view of evolution.

One of the boldest, most breathless claims being made about artificial intelligence tools is that they have “emergent properties” — impressive abilities gained by these programs that they were ...

Emergence is an important occurrence in social systems ranging in size from small families to large international organizations. Emergence takes place when the whole is more than the sum of its parts.

Emergent properties include examples like murmurations of starlings which can’t be predicted from looking at a single bird, weather which can’t be predicted by looking at a few air molecules, and ...

A behavior that arises from new situations. Throughout the ages, the development of new systems has created issues that were never expected (see Systemantics). See AI emergent properties. THIS ...