The paragraphs beginning where they discuss Hydras is pretty much precisely what Valentino Braitenberg was getting at with his thought experiment Vehicles. htt

The paragraphs beginning where they discuss Hydras is pretty much precisely what Valentino Braitenberg was getting at with his thought experiment Vehicles. https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/vehicles https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/vehicles I've been studying this area since the 80's, so for me it is particularly exciting to see the concepts show up in less theoretical formats.