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What Emergence Can Possibly Mean

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arxiv 2410.15468 v1 pith:PV2GBHGP submitted 2024-10-20 physics.hist-ph cond-mat.stat-mech

classification physics.hist-phcond-mat.stat-mech
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We consider emergence from the perspective of dynamics: states of a system evolving with time. We focus on the role of a decomposition of wholes into parts, and attempt to characterize relationships between levels without reference to whether higher-level properties are "novel" or "unexpected." We offer a classification of different varieties of emergence, with and without new ontological elements at higher levels.

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    cs.AI 2026-07 accept novelty 6.0 of 10

    Support for separate AI evaluation claims does not automatically compose into a broader claim; evaluators must verify that endpoints align and that dependence and uncertainty are carried through.

  2. Large Language Models and Emergence: A Complex Systems Perspective

    cs.CL 2025-06 conditional novelty 5.0 of 10

    A perspective paper arguing that LLM emergence claims are incomplete without evidence of internal coarse-grained representations, and that LLMs have not shown emergent intelligence.

  3. Classifying Emergence in Robot Swarms: An Observer-Dependent Approach

    cs.RO 2025-07 conditional novelty 4.0 of 10

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