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ReviewInnovation (Cambridge (Mass.))2024

Toward a nomenclature consensus for diverse intelligent systems: Call for collaboration.

Brett J Kagan, Michael Mahlis, Anjali Bhat, Josh Bongard, Victor M Cole, Phillip Corlett, Christopher Gyngell, Thomas Hartung, Bianca Jupp, Michael Levin and 7 more

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Review in Innovation (Cambridge (Mass.)), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed.

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  4. Harnessing Intelligence from Brain Cells In Vitro.The Neuroscientist : a review journal bringing neurobiology, neurology and psychiatry · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

17 authors.

Brett J KaganCortical Labs, Brunswick, VIC 3056, Australia.
Michael MahlisCortical Labs, Brunswick, VIC 3056, Australia.
Anjali BhatWellcome Centre for Human Neuroimaging, University College London, London WC1N 3AR, UK.
Josh BongardUniversity of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05405, USA.
Victor M ColeCentre for Professional Communication, Singapore Institute of Technology, Singapore 138683, Singapore.
Phillip CorlettDepartment of Psychiatry, Yale University, New Haven , CT 06511, USA.
Christopher GyngellMurdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville, VIC 3052, Australia.
Thomas HartungCentre for Alternatives to Animal Testing (CAAT), Bloomberg School of Public Health and Whiting School of Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Doerenkamp-Zbinden Chair for Evidence-based Toxicology, Baltimore , MD 21205, USA.
Bianca JuppDepartment of Neuroscience, Central Clinical School, Monash University, Prahran, VIC 3004, Australia.
Michael LevinAllen Discovery Centre at Tufts University, Medford , MA 02155, USA.
Tamra LysaghtYong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117597, Singapore.
Nicholas OpieDepartment of Medicine, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3010, Australia.
Adeel RaziTurner Institute for Brain and Mental Health, Monash University, Clayton, VIC 3168, Australia.
Lena SmirnovaCenter for Alternatives to Animal Testing (CAAT), Bloomberg School of Public Health and Whiting School of Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore , MD 21205, USA.
Ian TennantFaculty of Engineering, AgriTech and Environment, Anglia Ruskin University, Peterborough PE1 5BW, UK.
Peter Thestrup WadeInteracting Minds Centre, Aarhus University, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark.
Ge WangDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, School of Engineering, Biomedical Imaging Center, Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY 12180, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Disagreements about language use are common both between and within fields. Where interests require multidisciplinary collaboration or the field of research has the potential to impact society at large, it becomes critical to minimize these disagreements where possible. The development of diverse intelligent systems, regardless of the substrate (e.g., silicon vs. biology), is a case where both conditions are met. Significant advancements have occurred in the development of technology progressing toward these diverse intelligence systems. Whether progress is silicon based, such as the use of large language models, or through synthetic biology methods, such as the development of organoids, a clear need for a community-based approach to seeking consensus on nomenclature is now vital. Here, we welcome collaboration from the wider scientific community, proposing a pathway forward to achieving this intention, highlighting key terms and fields of relevance, and suggesting potential consensus-making methods to be applied.

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PMID39071220
PMCPMC11278797

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