Unconventional Biology, Minimal Models of Intelligence, and Bio-Inspired Computing
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 intellig...
30 Jan 20251h 10min
Neuroscience Beyond Neurons: How Somatic Bioelectricity Implements an Unconventional Intelligence
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,...
18 Jan 20251h 8min
Conversation 1 Between Gunnar Babcock, Daniel McShea, Mark Solms, and Michael Levin
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://sch...
20 Dec 20241h 1min
Conversation Between Aaron Sloman, Anthony Leggett, Chris Fields, and Michael Levin
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://chrisfieldsresea...
20 Dec 20241h 4min
Novel Bodies, Unconventional Minds: Diverse Intelligence and the Study of Consciousness
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://c...
19 Dec 20241h 20min
Bernardo Kastrup, Richard Watson, and Mike Levin - Conversation
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 physic...
15 Dec 20241h 21min
Collective Intelligence of the Body: The Multiscale Architecture of Selves
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...
14 Dec 202453min
Self-Constructing Bodies, Collective Minds: The Intersection of CS, Cognitive Bio, and Philosophy
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 diff...
28 Nov 20241h 12min
