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Biological and Technological Information Processing: Commonalities, Differences and Implications
21 februari 2025 · 1 uur 1 min
This is a ~1 hr talk on what is similar and what is different between biological and (current) technological information-processing systems, and the implications for biomedicine, AI, and ethics. A version of this talk with Q&A at the TPC consortium at Argonne National Lab is at https://tpc.dev/tpc-seminar-series/ Lees meer
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Conversation 2 Between Gunnar Babcock, Daniel McShea, Mark Solms, and Michael Levin
17 februari 2025 · 59 min
This is a ~1 hour conversation on topics of consciousness, affect, evolution, and philosophy between Gunnar Babcock (https://cals.cornell.edu/gunnar-babcock), Daniel McShea (https://scholars.duke.edu/person/dmcshea), Mark Solms (https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=vD4p8rQAAAAJ&hl=en), and I. Lees meer
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Conversation with Richard Watson and Leo Caves
12 februari 2025 · 1 uur 30 min
This is a ~1.5 hour conversation with Richard Watson (https://www.richardawatson.com/) and Leo Caves (https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Leo-Caves, https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=Oov_zsoAAAAJ&hl=en) about issues of resonance, unconventional cognition, observers, process philosophy, etc. Lees meer
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A Conversation with Mark Solms on Life and Mind
9 februari 2025 · 1 uur 55 min
This is a ~2-hour Q&A with Mark Solms (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Solms) at the "Public conversation about their work and its implications for psychoanalysis" series of the Annual meeting of the American Psychoanalytic Association. Lees meer
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Discussion with Alexey Tolchinsky and Thomas Pollak
7 februari 2025 · 55 min
This is a ~1 hour conversation between Alexey Tolchinsky (https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/contributors/alexey-tolchinsky-psyd ), a clinical psychologist and Adjunct Professor at The George Washington University, Center for Professional Psychology, and Thomas Pollak (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6171-0810), a neuropsychiatrist and researcher working at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience at King's College London, about issues of collective minds, psychiatry, and cognition. ... Lees meer
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Discussion with Robert Prentner and Timothy Jackson
6 februari 2025 · 1 uur 10 min
This is a ~1 hour 10 minute discussion with Robert Prentner (https://scholar.google.nl/citations?user=ZYcFVxoAAAAJ&hl=en) and Timothy Jackson (https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=vOnot8oAAAAJ&hl=en) about Platonism and related concepts. The paper of mine that they reference at some point is: https://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/5g2xj_v3; also an interesting email exchange between them on this topic is here: https://thoughtforms.life/platonism-process-philosophy-and-more-tim-jackson-and-rober... Lees meer
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Conversation with Buck Trible on His Work on Static Allometry of Ant Castes and Emergent Cognition
5 februari 2025 · 1 uur 3 min
This is a ~1 hour conversation with Buck Trible (https://triblelab.fas.harvard.edu/people/waring-buck-trible, https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=JLN0AT0AAAAJ&hl=en) about his fascinating work on the genetics, morphology, behavior, and sociality in ants. Lees meer
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Unconventional Biology, Minimal Models of Intelligence, and Bio-Inspired Computing
30 januari 2025 · 1 uur 10 min
This is a 1 hour 10 minute presentation of ideas around the architecture of biology (and how it differs from today's computational systems). Focusing on morphogenesis as a model of collective intelligence, I talk about the intelligence ratchet that results from life's need to creatively interpret information on the cognitive, developmental, and evolutionary scale. I end with some speculative ideas about Platonic space and cognitive patterns therein, which radically enlarge the set of beings. Lees meer
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CHAPTERS:
(00:00) Introduction: Body, Mind Symmetry
(05:00) Diverse Biological Intelligence Examples
(12:50) Multi-Scale Competency Architecture
(19:00) Collective Morphospace Intelligence
(24:00) Bioelectric Communication Interface
(29:30) Rewriting Anatomical Memories
(38:00) Selfhood and Collective Goals
(46:00) Unreliable Substrate, Creative Problem-Solving
(55:30) Exploring Novel Forms, Patterns
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Neuroscience Beyond Neurons: How Somatic Bioelectricity Implements an Unconventional Intelligence
18 januari 2025 · 1 uur 8 min
This is a ~1 hr10min talk I gave at a conference on modeling aspects of neuroscience. The talk is about the inverse idea - how tools and concepts from neuroscience apply far beyond neurons and brains, and can help understand a lot of biology across development, evolution, and diverse intelligence. I talked about what the symmetry between cognitive science and the study of morphogenesis means for biomedicine and for some questions in behavioral/cognitive science. Lees meer
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Conversation Between Aaron Sloman, Anthony Leggett, Chris Fields, and Michael Levin
20 december 2024 · 1 uur 5 min
This is a ~1 hour talk with Aaron Sloman (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Sloman), Anthony Leggett (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_James_Leggett), and Chris Fields (https://chrisfieldsresearch.com/). The links to which Aaron refers are: Lees meer
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Conversation 1 Between Gunnar Babcock, Daniel McShea, Mark Solms, and Michael Levin
20 december 2024 · 1 uur 2 min
This is a ~1 hour conversation on topics of consciousness, AI, causation, affect, evolution, and philosophy between Gunnar Babcock (https://cals.cornell.edu/gunnar-babcock), Daniel McShea (https://scholars.duke.edu/person/dmcshea), Mark Solms (https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=vD4p8rQAAAAJ&hl=en), and I. Lees meer
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Novel Bodies, Unconventional Minds: Diverse Intelligence and the Study of Consciousness
19 december 2024 · 1 uur 21 min
This is a ~55 minute talk titled "Novel Bodies, Unconventional Minds: a diverse intelligence perspective on a continuum of cognition (and consciousness)" by Michael Levin given at the CIFAR (https://cifar.ca/next-generation/cifar-neuroscience-of-consciousness-winter-school/) Neuroscience of Consciousness Winter School, + about 20 min of Q&A. My lab doesn't normally work on consciousness per se, but we do a lot of things that are relevant to questions in the philosophy of mind so in this talk I ... Lees meer
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(00:00) Introduction and Talk Outline
(03:00) Challenging Conventional Categories
(06:00) Unusual Biology and Cell Journey
(12:00) Collective Intelligence and Problem Spaces
(19:00) Morphogenesis Collective Intelligence
(24:00) Bioelectrical Networks and Control
(30:00) Planaria Memory and Regeneration
(34:00) Scale of Self, Cancer
(38:00) Patterns from Platonic Space
(41:00) Novel Life Forms: Xenobots
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Bernardo Kastrup, Richard Watson, and Mike Levin - Conversation
15 december 2024 · 1 uur 22 min
This is a ~1 hour 20 minutes conversation between Bernardo Kastrup (https://www.bernardokastrup.com/), Richatrd Watson (https://www.richardawatson.com/), and me on topics at the intersection of physics, cognition, consciousness, etc. Lees meer
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Collective Intelligence of the Body: The Multiscale Architecture of Selves
14 december 2024 · 54 min
This is a ~55 minute talk on the topic of the "Multiscale Human" (https://humanatlas.io/events/2024-24h/). I cover the topics of "what are we", "implications for biomedicine", and "future beyond human repair" from the perspectives of diverse intelligence at different scales of our bodies and at scales of evolution, development, and cognition. Lees meer
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Self-Constructing Bodies, Collective Minds: The Intersection of CS, Cognitive Bio, and Philosophy
28 november 2024 · 1 uur 13 min
This is a 1 hour 12 minute talk presented at the 2nd Symposium on the Philosophy of Computing at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. It covers the ways in which biological computation is different from most of today's computer architectures, and concludes with a different way to think about emergence of cognition (not just complexity or unpredictability) in a way that informs how we think about biological and artificial intelligences. Lees meer
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(00:00) Biology, Computation, Philosophy
(05:50) Unconventional Biological Problem Solving
(13:50) Anatomical Morphospace Navigation
(21:50) Reading Bioelectric Patterns
(31:00) Biology vs. Computing
(36:50) Multi-Scale Competency Architecture
(45:00) Creative Interpretation, Unreliable Hardware
(53:00) Patterns, Machines, Agents
(01:00:00) Latent Space of Patterns
(01:08:00) Exploring Latent Space
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Discussion with Martin Hanczyc: Minimal Models of Cognition and Active Matter Research
19 november 2024 · 49 min
This is a ~50 minute working meeting between Martin Hanczyc (https://www.martinhanczyc.com/) and Michael Levin, discussing work on autonomous droplets and more generally the field of active and agential matter (physical intelligence, somatic computation, etc.) and conceptual approaches in the field of diverse intelligence. Examples of Martin's work: Lees meer
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37166609
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28985113
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A Bioelectric Interface to the Collective Intelligence of Agential Materials for Bioengineering
15 november 2024 · 54 min
This is a ~1 hour talk by Michael Levin, given to the bioengineering department at Northeastern University, on the topic of using bioelectricity as an interface for engineering agential materials. Companion papers are:
https://www.nature.com/articles/s44222-022-00001-9
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Aastha Jain Simes & I Interview Denis Noble
14 oktober 2024 · 1 uur 10 min
This is a ~1 hour interview with the great Denis Noble (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denis_Noble), who made seminal contributions to understanding the heartbeat and went on to contribute exciting and counter-paradigm ideas in physiology, evolutionary theory, causation, and other aspects of biology. Lees meer
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https://www.univ.ox.ac.uk/book/the-music-of-life-biology-beyond-genes/
https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/dance-to-the-tune-of-life/721483A1B5BB01E837BC8A843...
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Embodied Minds: Discovering Diverse Intelligence through the Lens of Biomedicine
14 oktober 2024 · 47 min
This is a ~45 minute talk given at the Imagining Summit (https://www.artificiality.world/the-imagining-summit/) on Diverse Intelligence and synthbiosis, approaching those topics via communication with cellular collectives in the context of regenerative medicine. The newer material is at the end. Lees meer
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(00:00) Diverse Intelligence and Goals
(02:30) Beyond Discrete Natural Kinds
(06:00) Framework for Diverse Intelligences
(11:00) Scaling Minds, Collective Intelligence
(15:30) Self-Creation of Bodies, Minds
(18:30) Anatomical Order, Compiler Vision
(21:30) Agential Material, Problem Solving
(26:30) Bioelectricity as Cognitive Glue
(31:00) Communicating with Collective Intelligence
(34:30) Regenerating Limbs, Healing Wounds
(37:30) Synthetic Life: Xenobots, Anthropods
(42:30) Interoperability, Novel Agents
(45:30) Humility, Patterns in Media
(49:30) Conclusion: Expanding Sentience Idea
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Discussion with Daniel McShea and Gunnar Babcock
8 oktober 2024 · 53 min
This is ~1 hour conversation with Daniel McShea (https://scholars.duke.edu/person/dmcshea) and Gunnar Babcock (https://gunnarbabcock.com/) on topics of biology, evolution, information, causation, and ethics in the philosophy of mind. Lees meer
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The Bioelectric Interface to the Intelligence of the Body: The Future of Biomedicine
19 september 2024 · 41 min
This is a ~40 minute talk on the future of medicine from my perspective given remotely to students at the University of Bologna, Italy. Lees meer
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Unconventional Cognition Through the Lens of Cellular Collective Intelligence in Morphogenesis
19 september 2024 · 1 uur 8 min
This is a 1 hour 8 minute talk covering topics of collective intelligence in morphogenesis as a model system for thinking about the origin and scaling of cognition in diverse embodiments. Lees meer
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(00:00) Diverse Intelligence Framework
(12:00) Morphogenesis Problem Solving
(22:00) Bioelectric Pattern Memory
(34:30) Exploring Latent SpaceCONNECT WITH ME:
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The Bioelectric Basis of Morphogenetic Intelligence: A Roadmap for Cancer Medicine
18 september 2024 · 46 min
This is a ~45 minute keynote talk at the Bioelectricity and Cancer conference (https://cam.cancer.gov/research/bioelectricity_and_cancer_conference.htm) held at NIH in September 2024. Lees meer
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(00:00) What is Cancer?
(13:00) Cognitive Light Cone & Cancer
(18:00) Bioelectric Layer: Cognitive Glue
(23:00) Bioelectricity in Cancer
(28:00) Tools: Imaging & Control
(32:00) Bioelectric Diagnostics & Induction
(37:00) Suppressing Cancer Bioelectrically
(42:00) Roadmap and Future Directions
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The Collective Intelligence of Morphogenesis: A Model System for Basal Cognition
17 september 2024 · 59 min
This is a ~1 hour talk on morphogenesis as a collective intelligence and some specifics about cognitive glue. Lees meer
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(00:00) Intro: Diverse Intelligence Overview
(01:40) Discrete Kinds vs Continuum
(03:50) Intelligence in Novel Spaces
(06:00) Cells as Collective Intelligence
(09:30) Morphogenesis and Agential Material
(12:30) Defining Intelligence: Perturbations
(17:00) Tadpole Metamorphosis Intelligence
(19:30) Anatomical Homeostasis & Setpoints
(21:30) Bioelectricity: Cognitive Glue
(23:30) Ancient Bioelectric Networks
(25:30) Reading Bioelectric Patterns
(27:30) Manipulating Bioelectric States
(30:00) Bioelectric Control of Organs
(33:00) Planaria Pattern Memory
(35:44) Two-Headed Worms & Memory
(37:30) Exploring Anatomical Morphospace
(40:00) Diverse Intelligence: Cognitive Light Cone
(42:00) Cancer: Breakdown Collective Intelligence
(44:00) Origin of Goals & Individuality
(45:30) Mechanisms of Collective Alignment
(47:00) Stress Sharing Mechanism
(48:30) New Forms of Intelligence
(49:30) Xenobots: Synthetic Life
(53:00) Anthrobots: Human Cell Bots
(54:30) Future of Diverse Intelligence
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Discussion with Kevin Mitchell, Nick Cheney, and Ben Hartl on Evolution, Development, Generative Models
14 september 2024 · 58 min
This is a ~1 hour discussion with Kevin Mitchell (https://www.kjmitchell.com/), Nick Cheney (https://www.uvm.edu/cems/cs/profiles/nick-cheney), and Ben Hartl (https://allencenter.tufts.edu/benedikt-hartl-ph-d/) on the application of connectionist generative models in understanding the role of the genome in evolution and the control of form and function. Links to relevant materials mentioned in the discussion: Lees meer
Nick and Kevin's recent paper preprint: https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.15908
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Aastha Jain Simes & I Interview Mustafa Djamgoz, Foundational Contributor to Cancer Bioelectricity
6 september 2024 · 59 min
This is another episode in our series on the great figures in developmental bioelectricity. We interview (~1 hour) Mustafa Djamgoz, who has made pivotal discoveries about the role of bioelectricity in the problem of cancer and its eventual solution. Lees meer
Mustafa's book: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17612801-beat-cancer
Mustafa's papers: https://profiles.imperial.ac.uk/m.djamgoz/publications
Mustafa and I are co-editors of the new journal Bioelectricity: https://home.liebertpub.com/publicat...
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Conversation 1 with Alex Schmidt and Alexey Tolchinsky
30 augustus 2024 · 1 uur 1 min
This is a ~1 hour discussion with Dr. Alex Schmidt (www.schmidtpsychologicalservices.com) and Alexey Tolchinsky, Psy.D. (https://montgomerycountypsychologist.com/). We touch on issues of trauma, somatic memory, dissociation, and protective mechanisms at the interface of the psychiatry and developmental biology. Lees meer
In private practice, Dr. Schmidt works with children and adults who exhibit severe and lasting emotional and physical trauma and who present with assorted presentations of PTSD. She has...
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Discussion with Richard Watson and Josh Bongard
26 augustus 2024 · 1 uur 5 min
This is a ~1 hour discussion with Richard Watson (https://www.richardawatson.com/) and Josh Bongard (https://www.uvm.edu/cems/cs/profiles/josh_bongard) touching on topics of agency, polycomputing, oscillations, and evolution. Lees meer
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Conversation between Josh Bongard, Tom Froese, and I on Irruption Theory, Polycomputing, and Minds
16 augustus 2024 · 57 min
This is a ~1 hour conversation between Josh Bongard (https://www.uvm.edu/cems/cs/profiles/josh_bongard), Tom Froese (https://www.oist.jp/research/tom-froese), and I on Irruption theory, polycomputing, and the mind-body relationship. Some relevant links from the discussion: Lees meer
Tom's paper on irruption theory: https://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/26/4/288
Josh and I on polycomputaton: https://www.mdpi.com/2313-7673/8/1/110
Eduardo's paper on multiple embodiment: https://scholar.google.com/citations?view...
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Conversation Between Josh Bongard, Atoosa Parsa, Richard Watson, and I
13 augustus 2024 · 52 min
This is a ~50 minute conversation between Josh Bongard (https://www.uvm.edu/cems/cs/profiles/josh_bongard), Atoosa Parsa (https://www.atoosaparsa.com/), Richard Watson (https://www.richardawatson.com/), and I on topics of agency, computation, polycomputing, oscillations, selfhood, and similar subjects. Lees meer
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Discussion With Tim Jackson, Karl Friston, and Chris Fields
8 augustus 2024 · 58 min
This is a ~1 hour conversation between Tim Jackson (https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Timothy-Jackson-4), Karl Friston (https://www.fil.ion.ucl.ac.uk/~karl/), Chris Fields (https://chrisfieldsresearch.com/) and I around the free energy principle, philosophy, evolution, and novelty. Lees meer
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An Active Inference Model of Collective Intelligence by R. Kaufman, P. Gupta, and J. Taylor
7 augustus 2024 · 30 min
This is a ~30 minute talk by Rafael Kaufmann, Pranav Gupta, and Jacob Taylor. There is a 30 minute Q&A here: https://thoughtforms.life/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/QA-from-Gupta-Kaufman-Taylor.mp3 ; the paper referred to is: https://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/23/7/830
Some more relevant links:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bX5GK3rZX8RdgmcvXyfpOGEVYbIePMq8/view?usp=sharing
https://www.brookings.edu/articles/the-sdgs-will-need-action-bonding-and-ritual-lessons-from-collective-intelligence/ Lees meerCONNECT WITH ME:
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The Mind of the Body: A Window into Embodiment and Our Future
3 augustus 2024 · 28 min
"Metaphysics and the Matter with Things: Thinking with Iain McGilchrist was a collaborative conference put on by the Center for Process Studies (CPS) and the California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS) in March of 2024. This three-day conference brought leading process thinkers across various disciplines, including physics, neuroscience, psychology, philosophy, and theology into critical dialogue with McGilchrist’s work in a collegial effort to assess, question, extend, and apply it. For mor... Lees meer
CHAPTERS:
(00:03) Embodied Minds & Intelligence
(02:00) Diverse Intelligences Framework
(03:50) Origin of Agential Material
(05:30) Collective Cellular Intelligence
(07:36) Self Boundaries & Individuation
(08:55) Bioelectricity & Body Asymmetry
(10:40) Collective Problem Solving
(12:00) Adapting to Changing Parts
(13:30) Bioelectrical Network Minds
(15:00) Reading Collective Mind
(16:00) Hacking Bioelectric Memory
(18:00) Rewriting Planarian Memory
(20:00) Cancer as Self Failure
(21:00) Somatic Psychiatry Approach
(22:00) Plasticity Beyond Development
(23:00) Xenobots & Anthropods
(26:00) Exploring Capability Space
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Discussion with Daniel McShea and Gunnar Babcock
2 augustus 2024 · 54 min
This is ~1 hour conversation with Daniel McShea (https://scholars.duke.edu/person/dmcshea) and Gunnar Babcock (https://gunnarbabcock.com/) on topics of biology, evolution, causation, explanation, and the machine metaphor. Lees meer
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Prices as Cognitive Glue by Benjamin Lyons
29 juli 2024 · 53 min
This is a ~25 minute talk and another ~25 minutes of discussion between Benjamin Lyons (https://benjaminflyons.com/) and myself, about his work to understand the commonalities between economics and collective intelligence in biology. Some links mentioned in the discussion: Lees meer
https://interestingessays.substack.com/p/prices-as-memories
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4878765
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02688/abstract
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Discussion with Stuart Kauffman and Katherine Peil Kauffman
28 juli 2024 · 55 min
This is a ~1 hour-long discussion meeting with Stuart Kauffman and Katherine Peil Kauffman, covering evolution, machines, metaphors in science, etc. Lees meer
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Discussion with Ricard Sole
23 juli 2024 · 50 min
This is a ~45 minute discussion with Ricard Sole (http://complex.upf.edu/ricard-sol%C3%A9), a synthetic biologist whose work spans evolution, language, and many other fascinating areas. Lees meer
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Economics, Deep Learning, and Basal Cognition
25 juni 2024 · 47 min
This is a ~45 min discussion with Benjamin Lyons (https://www.linkedin.com/in/benjamin-lyons-ab46717a) and David Bloomin (https://daveey.github.io/) on topics at the intersection of economics, basal cognition, and deep learning. Lees meer
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Aastha Jain Simes & I Interview Ken Robinson, a Great Figure in Developmental Bioelectricity
10 juni 2024 · 1 uur 2 min
This is the second of our series of discussions with key figures in the field of Bioelectricity. Ken Robinson has a long list of accomplishments in this field, covering the role of electric fields in guiding cell migration and more generally the function of electrogenic epithelia in embryogenesis. This is about a ~1 hour conversation in which he talks about his background, the history of the field, and his time in Lionel Jaffe's lab. Lees meer
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Conversation between Donald Hoffman and Richard Watson
6 juni 2024 · 1 uur
Don Hoffman, Richard Watson, and I discuss the nature of scientific theories, time, and the physics of cognition. ~1 hour Lees meer
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Conversation between Joscha Bach, Chris Fields, and Michael Levin
6 juni 2024 · 1 uur 2 min
This is an ~1 hour conversation with Joscha Bach (http://bach.ai/) and Chris Fields (https://chrisfieldsresearch.com/), touching on computation, cognition, error correcting codes, physics, AI, consciousness, etc. Lees meer
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Discussion on Mortal Computations with Alexander Ororbia, Karl Friston, and Chris Fields
25 mei 2024 · 59 min
This is a 1-hour working meeting discussing Alexander Ororbia's and Karl Friston's paper on Mortal Computations and their relevance to our work in reprogramming biology and cognition more generally. A few papers: Lees meer
Alexander and Karl's paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/2311.09589
Michael Levin's paper to which they referred a couple of times: https://osf.io/preprints/osf/4b2wj
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Tom Froese and Michael Levin Discuss Tom's Irruption Theory
24 mei 2024 · 47 min
This is a meeting discussion, ~40 minutes, between Tom Froese (Cognitive Scientist at OIST, https://groups.oist.jp/ecsu/tom-froese) and Michael Levin, going over Tom's recent paper on Irruption theory and discussing embodied minds, agency, and models of mind-body interaction. The paper is here: https://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/26/4/288 Lees meer
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Discussion with Michael Pollan of New Ideas on Memories and Selves
9 mei 2024 · 1 uur 19 min
This is a discussion meeting (~1 hour 20 minutes) between Michael Levin and Michael Pollan (https://michaelpollan.com/) of the new ideas in this paper: https://osf.io/preprints/osf/4b2wj Lees meer
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Biorobotics: Engineering with Agential Materials
5 mei 2024 · 56 min
This is an ~1 hour talk by Michael Levin on the topic of engineering with agential (living) materials, given for the students and other members of the ETHZ Zurich Soft Robotics Lab led by Prof. Robert Katzschmann). Lees meer
CHAPTERS:
(00:00) Introduction: Biorobotics & Materials
(02:20) The Anatomical Compiler
(04:15) Agential Materials & Competency
(07:00) Biological Plasticity Examples
(11:50) Navigating Anatomical Space
(15:00) Beyond Molecular Medicine
(17:40) Intelligence in Development
(21:00) Newt Tubule Plasticity
(24:00) Picasso Tadpole Experiment
(27:00) Pattern Homeostasis & Setpoints
(29:40) Bioelectricity as Interface
(32:00) Reading Electrical Patterns
(34:00) Manipulating Bioelectric Info
(35:40) Bioelectric Organ Triggers
(38:30) Frog Leg Regeneration
(40:00) Planarian Pattern Memory
(43:30) Properties of Memory
(45:00) Modeling Anatomical Decisions
(46:30) Head Shape Plasticity
(49:00) Hacking Plant Morphogenesis
(50:30) Full Stack Modeling
(51:30) Cancer & Cognitive Cone
(54:00) Synthetic Xenobots
(57:30) Human Anthrobots
(59:30) Future of Life Forms
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Where Minds Come From: The Scaling of Collective Intelligence, and What It Means for AI and You
26 april 2024 · 55 min
This is a ~45 minute talk I gave to some undergraduate students about ideas from biology that might help them think about AI and related topics. Lees meer
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Aastha Jain Simes & I Interview Min Zhao, a Leader in the Role of Bioelectricity in Wound Healing
25 april 2024 · 57 min
This is the second of several interviews we will do with significant contributors to the field of developmental bioelectricity. Min Zhao's work focused on the role of ion currents and applied electric fields in cell migration and wound repair.
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=G7-zWBcAAAAJ&hl=en
https://health.ucdavis.edu/dermatology/faculty/zhao.html Lees meerAastha Jain: https://www.livelongerworld.com/
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A Conversation with Alison Hanson on Cognitive Science and Her Trajectory in Neurobiology
21 april 2024 · 57 min
This is a 1-hour conversation with Ali Hanson (https://braininitiative.nih.gov/ali-hanson-md-phd) on her path in science, including a ~45 minute presentation of her data in Hydra. This is the first of a series of videos I will do to highlight some exceptional junior scientists' work. Lees meer
More information will be provided on a blog post on Ali's work at https://thoughtforms.org/
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What Can Worms and Frogs Teach Us About Collective Intelligence?
10 april 2024 · 48 min
This is a talk I gave at a large tech company for non-specialists interested in the intersection of computation, biology, and fundamental questions about Selfhood. It's about 48 minutes long and unfortunately does not capture my cursor movement so you can't see the things on the slides at which I am pointing. Lees meer
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Aastha Jain Simes & I Interview Richard Nuccitelli, a Great Figure in Developmental Bioelectricity
3 april 2024 · 1 uur 3 min
This is the first of several interviews we will do with significant people in the history of developmental bioelectricity. Richard Nuccitelli is a legend, having invented (with Lionel Jaffe, in 1974) the Vibrating Probe - a technique that allowed the non-invasive sensing of ion currents around living tissues. This is about a ~1 hour conversation in which he talks about his background, the history of the field, and his current clinical work on the bioelectrics of cancer. Lees meer
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