Open-Ended Intelligence in the Light of Simondon's Philosophy of Individuation

Explore a thought-provoking seminar lecture that delves into Gilbert Simondon's theory of individuation and its implications for understanding artificial intelligence and generative processes. Learn about the fundamental shift from viewing individuals as static entities to understanding them as phases within ongoing processes of individuation. Discover key concepts including metastability, relation as being, singularities, and the pre-individual state while examining their applications across physical, biological, and psychic domains. Investigate the nature of open-ended intelligence as derived from individuation processes, and understand its distinction from conventional goal-oriented intelligence frameworks. Connect these philosophical insights to modern AI developments like ChatGPT and DALLE-2, while considering their significance for the future of Artificial General Intelligence (AGI). Presented by Weaver D.R. Weinbaum, an interdisciplinary researcher at CLEA, Free University of Brussels, this lecture combines perspectives from philosophy, psychology, cognitive science, and complex systems theory to offer a fresh understanding of intelligence and consciousness.