Conceptual system

[A] The abstract concepts can range "from numbers, to emotions, and from social roles, to mental states ..".

[b] In humans, a conceptual system may be understood as kind of a metaphor for the world.

[d] Artificial intelligence in machines and systems need not be restricted to hardware, but can confer a relative advantage to the institutions that adopt it, and adapt to it.

[25][e] Canonical forms in a suitable format and in a critical mass for acceptance can be monitored, commented upon, adopted, and applied by cooperating institutions in an upward spiral.

See Best practice In technology, Chiplets are tiny hardware subsystem implementations of SoCs (systems on a chip) which can be interconnected into larger, or more responsive surroundings.

Example of a conceptual system : Earth and its Moon (as seen from Mars ). [ c ]
The global conveyor belt on a continuous-ocean map (animation) From: Wikipedia article on thermohaline circulation .