Natural born intelligence manifesto: Illustrating the dynamic perspective for consciousness.
Biosystems December 16, 2025 DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystems.2025.105677 (opens in new tab) via PubMed
Summary
AI-generated from the abstractArtificial intelligence operates within a fixed representational space, optimizing and generalizing within that closed structure. Natural born intelligence, by contrast, uses two cognitive layers: co-applying multiple concept-schemas and meta-level attenuation of their applicability conditions. This allows the representational space itself to be transformed non-monotonically, enabling new interpretive domains that underlie creativity and phenomenal consciousness. The framework offers a formal basis for distinguishing AI from human creative intelligence.
Study at a glance
| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Citations | 1 |
| Key finding | Proposes that AI operates within a fixed representational space while NBI transforms that space through co-applicability of schemas and meta-level attenuation, enabling creativity and phenomenal consciousness. |
Abstract
This study proposes a new operational framework for distinguishing Artificial Intelligence (AI) from Natural Born Intelligence (NBI) based on a two-layer structure of representational schemas. AI constructs mappings within a fixed input and representational space, characterized by optimization and generalization inside this closed structure. In contrast, NBI employs (1) the Co-Applicability of multiple concept-schemas (Level 1) and (2) the meta-level attenuation of their applicability conditions (Level 2) to non-monotonically transform the representational space itself. This transformation enables the emergence of new interpretive domains outside the original categories, which are closely related to creativity and phenomenal consciousness. The proposed framework provides a formal foundation for differentiating AI from human creative intelligence.