Institute for Applied Computational Science, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA.
Phys Rev Lett. 2013 Apr 19;110(16):168702. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.110.168702.
Recent advances in fields ranging from cosmology to computer science have hinted at a possible deep connection between intelligence and entropy maximization, but no formal physical relationship between them has yet been established. Here, we explicitly propose a first step toward such a relationship in the form of a causal generalization of entropic forces that we find can cause two defining behaviors of the human "cognitive niche"-tool use and social cooperation-to spontaneously emerge in simple physical systems. Our results suggest a potentially general thermodynamic model of adaptive behavior as a nonequilibrium process in open systems.
最近，从宇宙学到计算机科学等领域的进展表明，智能与最大熵之间可能存在着深刻的联系，但它们之间还没有建立起正式的物理关系。在这里，我们以熵力的因果推广的形式，明确地提出了建立这种关系的第一步，我们发现这种推广可以使人类“认知生态位”的两个定义行为——工具使用和社会合作——自发地出现在简单的物理系统中。我们的研究结果表明，作为开放系统的非平衡过程，适应性行为具有潜在的一般热力学模型。
