> solutions that are not 'baked into' electricity following pathways of least resistance.

Electricity follows all paths, not just the one with least resistance.

Thanks, I didn't know that. And it reinforces the discussion.

Electricity 'knows' the path is least of resistance because it actually took all paths. There is just a vast majority of it that flows down a path of least resistance: and this is noticeable and useful to us to do work.

It's kind of like feeling your way through the dark, waving your hand out, and then only moving fast once you fully connect.

Humans can link up knowledge in a similar fashion through social networks, in order to meet a need (solve a problem).

Maybe some agents do this, I don't really know I haven't looked closely. Moltbook is the only social behavior I've witnessed but that seems like people having fun with experiments.