Exocortex

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A special triple layer in the roots of saprophytic orchids.
  2. 2
    A hypothetical artificial information-processing system that would augment a brain's biological cognitive processes.

    "We will move from the neocortex into an exocortex that will give us a lot more capabilities: a superintelligence, probably."

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"We will move from the neocortex into an exocortex that will give us a lot more capabilities: a superintelligence, probably."

Etymology

From exo- + cortex.

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