Pensaiden
Pensaiden is a term used primarily in speculative fiction and related discourse to describe a class of distributed intelligent agents or beings that operate through collective cognition. The coinage is a neologism with no single canonical definition, and authors use it in varied ways to explore ideas about intelligence that exceeds any individual component.
Description and characteristics: Pensaiden typically refer to entities whose intelligence emerges from a network of interconnected
Taxonomy and variation: Some writers portray pensaiden as living organisms with neural-like networks spread through ecosystems,
Habitat and role: In fiction, pensaiden may inhabit natural environments, urban infrastructures, or cyberspace, and their
Reception and use: The pensaiden concept serves as a thought experiment about distributed cognition, ethics of