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Meaning of exocortex | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. A special triple layer in the roots of saprophytic orchids.
  2. A hypothetical artificial information-processing system that would augment a brain's biological cognitive processes.

Examples

“We will move from the neocortex into an exocortex that will give us a lot more capabilities: a superintelligence, probably.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

exocortis exocrin exocrine exocrine gland exocrinology exocrinopathy

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