Discussion #1 with Chris Fields, Mark Solms, Karl Friston, and Thomas Pollak: introspection & more
This is a ~1 hour 5 minute working conversation with Chris Fields (https://chrisfieldsresearch.com/), Mark Solms (https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=vD4p8rQAAAAJ&hl=en), Karl Friston (https://s...
21 Nov 20251h 5min
"Entropic motivation and the roots of agency"by Alex Kiefer
This is a ~35 min talk titled "Entropic motivation and the roots of agency" by Alex Kiefer (https://philpeople.org/profiles/alex-kiefer) + ~25 min discussion of the issues of motivation in artificial ...
17 Nov 20251h 3min
"Unconventional Embodiments: model systems & strategies addressing mind-blindness" by Michael Levin
This is a ~45 minute talk for an embodied cognition audience, covering my framework for diverse intelligence, our use of morphogenesis as a model system for communicating with unconventional minds, an...
11 Nov 202546min
"Platonic Space: brief argument and research agenda" by Michael Levin
This is a brief (~17 minute) introduction to my argument about Platonic space in biology, using a 1-page simplified argument format and then a quick overview of the research program entailed by it. CH...
29 Okt 202517min
Against Mind-Blindness: recognizing and communicating with unconventional beings by Michael Levin
This ~50 minute talk given at a futurism/AI gathering is a variant of my recent talks on diverse intelligence, focusing on ways to expand our perspective via considerations of non-brain-based intellig...
26 Okt 202550min
Conversation with Benjamin Lyons, Eli Sennesh, and Jordan Theriault
This is a ~1 hour discussion with Ben Lyons (https://interestingessays.substack.com/), Eli Sennesh (https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=3z4ALYgAAAAJ&hl=en), and Jordan Theriault (http://www.jord...
21 Okt 20251h
"What the physiological software of life means for patient-specific interventions" by Michael Levin
This is a very brief (~5 minute) explanation I made at a conference on next generation biomedicine about the topic of physiological learning and reprogrammability. I was commenting on the fact that d...
14 Okt 20255min
Why bioelectricity in morphogenesis matters: an introduction in 3 slides by Michael Levin
This is an ~8 minute very quick introduction about the context for developmental bioelectricity and some examples of how we use it as an interface to control growth and form. In this very short 3 slid...
14 Okt 20258min
