Conversation between Joscha Bach, Chris Fields, and Michael Levin
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, conscio...
6 Jun 20241h 1min
Conversation between Donald Hoffman and Richard Watson
Don Hoffman, Richard Watson, and I discuss the nature of scientific theories, time, and the physics of cognition. ~1 hour CONNECT WITH ME: Podcast Website YouTube Apple Podcasts Spot...
6 Jun 20241h
Discussion on Mortal Computations with Alexander Ororbia, Karl Friston, and Chris Fields
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...
25 Mai 202458min
Tom Froese and Michael Levin Discuss Tom's Irruption Theory
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...
24 Mai 202446min
Discussion with Michael Pollan of New Ideas on Memories and Selves
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 CONNECT WITH...
9 Mai 20241h 18min
Biorobotics: Engineering with Agential Materials
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...
5 Mai 202455min
Where Minds Come From: The Scaling of Collective Intelligence, and What It Means for AI and You
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. CONNECT WITH ME: Podcast Website YouTube ...
26 Apr 202455min
Aastha Jain Simes & I Interview Min Zhao, a Leader in the Role of Bioelectricity in Wound Healing
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...
25 Apr 202456min
