"Novel" is relative. However, this concept dates back at least to the 1980s with Marvin Minsky's "The Society of the Mind": https://www.amazon.com/Society-Min

"Novel" is relative. However, this concept dates back at least to the 1980s with Marvin Minsky's "The Society of the Mind": https://www.amazon.com/Society-Mind-Marvin-Minsky/dp/0671657135?ref_=d6k_applink_bb_dls&dplnkId=1cea33f2-6d66-4de9-8339-076e56ce276e https://www.amazon.com/Society-Mind-Marvin-Minsky/dp/0671657...