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Jack Cohen
mathematician · 2 mentions across 1 reading
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Jack Cohen is a biologist who, alongside Ian Stewart, challenges conventional assumptions about life and intelligence in his work on xenobiology and speculative biology. In the course readings, Cohen's "Alien Science" is cited to critique how narrow contemporary xenobiological thinking has become, particularly in imagining radically different forms of life and cognition beyond Earth-based paradigms. His work enables discussions about the limits of human-centric models in thinking through AI and non-human agency, especially as those models constrain how we imagine alternative intelligences and organizational systems.
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