"Evolution and Intelligence: inversion and a positive feedback spiral" by Michael Levin
This is a ~50 minute video on evolution from the perspective of diverse intelligence. I discuss 3 main things: the nature of the mapping between genotype and phenotype (an intelligent, problem-solving...
15 Jan 49min
“The Unreasonable Effectiveness of the Behavioral Sciences in Developmental Biology and Biomedicine”
This is a ~46 minute talk by Michael Levin titled “The Unreasonable Effectiveness of the Behavioral Sciences in Developmental Biology and Biomedicine” given at a developmental biology/bioengineering s...
11 Dec 202546min
Discussion #1 with Katrina Schleisman and David Burke
This is a ~54 minute conversation with Katrina Schleisman (https://www.galois.com/team/katrina-schleisman) and David Burke (https://www.galois.com/team/david-burke) about issues related to memory, Pla...
10 Dec 202554min
Conversation with David Resnik 1
This is a ~52 minute conversation with philosopher David Resnik (https://www.niehs.nih.gov/research/resources/bioethics/bioethicist) about the Platonic Space model and our plan for a new paper about a...
1 Dec 202552min
Discussion #1 with Elan Barenholtz
This is a ~57 minute discussion with Elan Barenholtz (https://mpcrlab.com/people/Elan-Barenholtz/) about language and its possible autonomy in brains, AI models, and other systems linking to our lab's...
30 Nov 202557min
Conversation 1 with Diana Moga, Alexey Tolchinsky, and Chris Fields
This is a ~52 minute discussion between Diana Moga (https://www.dianamogamd.com/), Alexey Tolchinsky (https://montgomerycountypsychologist.com/), Chris Fields (https://chrisfieldsresearch.com/), and I...
29 Nov 202552min
Conversation 1 with Nora Belrose: AI, sentience, and Platonic Space
This is a ~1 hour 5 minute conversation between Nora Belrose (https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=p_oBc64AAAAJ&hl=en) and me on the topics of consciousness, AI, and different views of the Platon...
23 Nov 20251h 5min
Discussion with Alexey Tolchinsky and Thomas Pollak 2
This is a ~1 hour conversation between Alexey Tolchinsky (https://montgomerycountypsychologist.com/), a clinical psychologist and Adjunct Professor at The George Washington University, Center for Prof...
22 Nov 202555min
