exocortex
English
Etymology
From exo- + cortex. The botanical sense involves the "tree bark" sense of cortex; the neurotechnology sense involves the cerebral cortex sense of cortex.
Noun
exocortex (plural exocortexes or exocortices)
- (botany) A special triple layer in the roots of saprophytic orchids.
- A hypothetical artificial information-processing system that would augment a brain's biological cognitive processes.
- Coordinate term: second brain (not involving brain-machine interfaces)
- 2020, Tina Woods, quoting José Cordeiro, Live Longer with AI […] , Packt Publishing Ltd, →ISBN, page 120:
- We will move from the neocortex into an exocortex that will give us a lot more capabilities: a superintelligence, probably.
Romanian
Etymology
Noun
exocortex n (plural exocortexuri)
Declension
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative-accusative | exocortex | exocortexul | exocortexuri | exocortexurile |
| genitive-dative | exocortex | exocortexului | exocortexuri | exocortexurilor |
| vocative | exocortexule | exocortexurilor | ||
References
- exocortex in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN