Editorial: Narrow and general intelligence: embodied, self-referential social cognition and novelty production in humans, AI and robots

Markose, S., Prescott, T. orcid.org/0000-0003-4927-5390, Northoff, G. et al. (2 more authors) (2026) Editorial: Narrow and general intelligence: embodied, self-referential social cognition and novelty production in humans, AI and robots. Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 12. 1766766. ISSN: 2296-9144

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© 2026 Markose, Prescott, Northoff, Cross and Friston. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

Keywords: adaptive immune system; algorithmic takeover of biology; allostasis, artificial general intelligence (AGI); autonomy of goal setting; blockchain information processing; embodied self-referential genomic intelligence
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  • Submitted: 13 December 2025
  • Accepted: 16 December 2025
  • Published (online): 9 January 2026
  • Published: 9 January 2026
Institution: The University of Sheffield
Academic Units: The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Engineering (Sheffield) > Department of Computer Science (Sheffield)
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UK RESEARCH AND INNOVATION
10039052
Date Deposited: 19 Jan 2026 14:57
Last Modified: 19 Jan 2026 14:57
Status: Published
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
Refereed: Yes
Identification Number: 10.3389/frobt.2025.1766766
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