Michael Levin's Academic Content
Michael Levin's Academic Content
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Conversation between Joscha Bach, Chris Fields, and Michael Levin
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This is an ~1 hour conversation with Joscha Bach (bach.ai/) and Chris Fields (chrisfieldsresearch.com/), touching on computation, cognition, error correcting codes, physics, AI, consciousness, etc.
"Structural Coupling: how living systems construct their umwelt" by Juan-Carlos Letelier
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This is a ~20 minute chalk-talk by Juan-Carlos Letelier (scholar.google.com/citations?user=J1zts-cAAAAJ&hl=en), a professor a the Universidad de Chile, at the intersection of neuroscience and the work of Francisco Varela on the foundations of biology.
"Exploring Evolutionary Transitions in Individuality" by Nam Hai Le, from University of Southampton.
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This is a ~30 minute talk given in our Center by Nam Hai Le (scholar.google.com/citations?user=waKh7a8AAAAJ&hl=en), a post-doc with Richard Watson (www.richardawatson.com/), with whom we collaborate on issues at the intersection of evolution and cognition. Nam presents some very cool data from his Artificial Life simulation, of emergent larger-scale individuals.
Discussion on Mortal Computations with Alexander Ororbia, Karl Friston, and Chris Fields
Переглядів 3,9 тис.2 дні тому
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: Alexander and Karl's paper: arxiv.org/abs/2311.09589 Michael Levin's paper to which they referred a couple of times: osf.io/preprints/osf/4b2wj
Tom Froese and Michael Levin discuss Tom's Irruption theory
Переглядів 3,7 тис.2 дні тому
This is a meeting discussion, ~40 minutes, between Tom Froese (Cognitive Scientist at OIST, 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: www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/26/4/288
"Heterogeneity Extends Criticality"
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A talk by Carlos Gershenson (of SUNY Binghampton), ~42 minutes long, given in our Center.
Discussion with Michael Pollan of new ideas on memories and Selves
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This is a discussion meeting (~1 hour 20 minutes) between Michael Levin and Michael Pollan (michaelpollan.com/) of the new ideas in this paper: osf.io/preprints/osf/4b2wj
"Biorobotics: engineering with agential materials"
Переглядів 3,9 тис.Місяць тому
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).
Where Minds Come From: the scaling of collective intelligence, and what it means for AI and you
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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.
Aastha Jain Simes & I interview Min Zhao, a leader in the role of bioelectricity in wound healing
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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. scholar.google.com/citations?user=G7-zWBcAAAAJ&hl=en health.ucdavis.edu/dermatology/faculty/zhao.html Aastha Jain: www.livelongerworld.com/
A conversation with Alison Hanson on cognitive science and her trajectory in neurobiology.
Переглядів 3,5 тис.Місяць тому
This is a 1-hour conversation with Ali Hanson (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. More information will be provided on a blog post on Ali's work at thoughtforms.org/
Cyber Animism by Joscha Bach
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This is a 1 hour 45 minute talk by Joscha Bach (bach.ai/) given in our Center.
What can worms and frogs teach us about collective intelligence?
Переглядів 3,8 тис.Місяць тому
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.
Agency at the Very Bottom
Переглядів 3,9 тис.Місяць тому
This is a talk by Benjamin Lyons (~1 hour) on agency within mathematics.
The Mortal Computation Thesis by Alexander Ororbia
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The Mortal Computation Thesis by Alexander Ororbia
Aastha Jain Simes & I interview Richard Nuccitelli, a great figure in developmental Bioelectricity.
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Aastha Jain Simes & I interview Richard Nuccitelli, a great figure in developmental Bioelectricity.
Cristi Stoica on the Relativity of Computation.
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Cristi Stoica on the Relativity of Computation.
Conversation between Donald Hoffman and Richard Watson, #1
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Conversation between Donald Hoffman and Richard Watson, #1
A discussion between John Vervaeke, Gregg Henriques, Justin McSweeny, and Mike Levin.
Переглядів 4,8 тис.2 місяці тому
A discussion between John Vervaeke, Gregg Henriques, Justin McSweeny, and Mike Levin.
Bioelectric networks underlie the collective intelligence of morphogenesis
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Bioelectric networks underlie the collective intelligence of morphogenesis
"Aging and biological arrow of time" by Peter Fedichev
Переглядів 2,7 тис.2 місяці тому
"Aging and biological arrow of time" by Peter Fedichev
Associative Memory in Hopfield Networks Designed to Solve Propositional Satisfiability Problems
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Associative Memory in Hopfield Networks Designed to Solve Propositional Satisfiability Problems
Multimodal Spatiotemporal Phenotyping of Human Retinal Organoid Development by Christoph Harmel
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Multimodal Spatiotemporal Phenotyping of Human Retinal Organoid Development by Christoph Harmel
Perceptions of Novel Agents
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Perceptions of Novel Agents
Ephaptic Biases on Neural Self-Organization
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Ephaptic Biases on Neural Self-Organization
Timothy Jackson and Mike Levin, meeting 1
Переглядів 2,9 тис.3 місяці тому
Timothy Jackson and Mike Levin, meeting 1
"A bioelectric interface to the collective intelligence of agential materials for bioengineering"
Переглядів 3,7 тис.3 місяці тому
"A bioelectric interface to the collective intelligence of agential materials for bioengineering"
Controlling Hydra regeneration by electric fields: the role of noise in morphogenesis
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Controlling Hydra regeneration by electric fields: the role of noise in morphogenesis
Exploratory Learning in Biological Cells - a talk by Naama Brenner on Feb 13, 2024
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Exploratory Learning in Biological Cells - a talk by Naama Brenner on Feb 13, 2024