This article analyzes AI, particularly LLMs, from a systems-theoretical perspective and examines the extent to which these models can be understood as...

We examine and compare autopoietic systems (biological organisms) and Machine Learning Systems (MLSs) highlighting crucial differences in how causal reasoning...

Life - Genetics, Evolution, Biology: All organisms on Earth, from the tiniest cell to the loftiest trees, display extraordinary powers.

This paper reviews in detail Francisco Varela's work on subjectivity and consciousness in the biological sciences.

Steven Watson, transdisciplinary associate professor at the University of Cambridge, explores autopoiesis in education, technology, and society.

Niklas Luhmann is a troublemaker: he writes a great deal, and on very many subjects, and he is still expanding his theory.

From viruses to cognition, Natalia Zdorovtsova explains how defining life as systems of interactions can give new insight into its nature.

Kevin Romain talks about his longtime creative residence in our local scene including a solo drum record called Autopoietic 1 forthcoming on the Infidels Jazz...

This article proposes the Political System Index (PSI), a non-normative framework for analysing political systems through Niklas Luhmann's...