EMoT: When AI Starts Thinking Like Fungus (and Why That’s Not as Weird as It Sounds)
The useful question is not whether fungus is smart Fungus is not the point. That needs saying first, because the title of the paper almost invites the wrong conversation. “Enhanced Mycelium of Thought” sounds like the kind of AI metaphor that appears five minutes before someone starts drawing circles around the word “emergence.” The useful question is more practical: when should an AI system keep a weak idea alive instead of deleting it? ...