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Episodes
Discussion With Tim Jackson, Karl Friston, and Chris Fields
08 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is a ~1 hour conversation between Tim Jackson (https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Timothy-Jackson-4), Karl Friston (https://www.fil.ion.ucl.ac....
An Active Inference Model of Collective Intelligence by R. Kaufman, P. Gupta, and J. Taylor
07 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is a ~30 minute talk by Rafael Kaufmann, Pranav Gupta, and Jacob Taylor. There is a 30 minute Q&A here: https://thoughtforms.life/wp-conten...
The Mind of the Body: A Window into Embodiment and Our Future
03 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
"Metaphysics and the Matter with Things: Thinking with Iain McGilchrist was a collaborative conference put on by the Center for Process Studies (CPS) ...
Discussion with Daniel McShea and Gunnar Babcock
02 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is ~1 hour conversation with Daniel McShea (https://scholars.duke.edu/person/dmcshea) and Gunnar Babcock (https://gunnarbabcock.com/) on topics ...
Prices as Cognitive Glue by Benjamin Lyons
29 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is a ~25 minute talk and another ~25 minutes of discussion between Benjamin Lyons (https://benjaminflyons.com/) and myself, about his work to und...
Discussion with Stuart Kauffman and Katherine Peil Kauffman
28 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is a ~1 hour-long discussion meeting with Stuart Kauffman and Katherine Peil Kauffman, covering evolution, machines, metaphors in science, etc. ...
Discussion with Ricard Sole
23 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is a ~45 minute discussion with Ricard Sole (http://complex.upf.edu/ricard-sol%C3%A9), a synthetic biologist whose work spans evolution, language...
Economics, Deep Learning, and Basal Cognition
25 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is a ~45 min discussion with Benjamin Lyons (https://www.linkedin.com/in/benjamin-lyons-ab46717a) and David Bloomin (https://daveey.github.io/) o...
Aastha Jain Simes & I Interview Ken Robinson, a Great Figure in Developmental Bioelectricity
10 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is the second of our series of discussions with key figures in the field of Bioelectricity. Ken Robinson has a long list of accomplishments in th...
Conversation between Donald Hoffman and Richard Watson
06 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Don Hoffman, Richard Watson, and I discuss the nature of scientific theories, time, and the physics of cognition. ~1 hour CONNECT WITH ME: Podca...
Conversation between Joscha Bach, Chris Fields, and Michael Levin
06 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is an ~1 hour conversation with Joscha Bach (http://bach.ai/) and Chris Fields (https://chrisfieldsresearch.com/), touching on computation, cogni...
Discussion on Mortal Computations with Alexander Ororbia, Karl Friston, and Chris Fields
25 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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 rep...
Tom Froese and Michael Levin Discuss Tom's Irruption Theory
24 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is a meeting discussion, ~40 minutes, between Tom Froese (Cognitive Scientist at OIST, https://groups.oist.jp/ecsu/tom-froese) and Michael Levin,...
Discussion with Michael Pollan of New Ideas on Memories and Selves
09 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Biorobotics: Engineering with Agential Materials
05 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Where Minds Come From: The Scaling of Collective Intelligence, and What It Means for AI and You
26 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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. CONN...
Aastha Jain Simes & I Interview Min Zhao, a Leader in the Role of Bioelectricity in Wound Healing
25 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is the second of several interviews we will do with significant contributors to the field of developmental bioelectricity. Min Zhao's work focuse...
A Conversation with Alison Hanson on Cognitive Science and Her Trajectory in Neurobiology
21 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is a 1-hour conversation with Ali Hanson (https://braininitiative.nih.gov/ali-hanson-md-phd) on her path in science, including a ~45 minute prese...
What Can Worms and Frogs Teach Us About Collective Intelligence?
10 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is a talk I gave at a large tech company for non-specialists interested in the intersection of computation, biology, and fundamental questions ab...
Aastha Jain Simes & I Interview Richard Nuccitelli, a Great Figure in Developmental Bioelectricity
03 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is the first of several interviews we will do with significant people in the history of developmental bioelectricity. Richard Nuccitelli is a leg...
Conversation between Donald Hoffman and Richard Watson
28 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is a ~1.5 hour discussion between cognitive scientist Don Hoffman (https://sites.socsci.uci.edu/~ddhoff/HoffmanPubs.html) and evolutionary biolog...
A Discussion Between John Vervaeke, Gregg Henriques, Justin McSweeny, and Mike Levin
16 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is a ~1 hour 20 minute working meeting conversation between John Vervaeke, Gregg Henriques, Justin McSweeny, and myself; we touch on topics of mi...
Bioelectric Networks Underlie the Collective Intelligence of Morphogenesis
15 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is about a ~45 minute talk by me, focusing specifically on parallels between morphogenesis and cognitive/behavioral science (given to a neuroscie...
Associative Memory in Hopfield Networks Designed to Solve Propositional Satisfiability Problems
05 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is a 30 minute talk on Hopfield networks solving propositional satisfiability problems, by N. Weber, W. Koch, O. Erdem, and T. Froese (from the O...
Timothy Jackson and Mike Levin, Meeting
24 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is a ~1 hour working meeting between Timothy Jackson (https://theconversation.com/profiles/timothy-n-w-jackson-115702) and myself, discussing our...
A Bioelectric Interface to the Collective Intelligence of Agential Materials for Bioengineering
22 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is a 1 hour talk by Michael Levin to an audience of biomedical engineering students. CONNECT WITH ME: Podcast Website YouTube Apple...
Karl Friston, Adam Goldstein, and Michael Levin Discuss Active Inference and Algorithms
04 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is a 1-hour discussion meeting between Karl Friston, Adam Goldstein, and I talking about how Karl's active inference ideas apply to some work on ...
Mark Solms and Michael Levin Discuss Explicit and Implicit Behavioral Drives
03 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A 1-hour conversation about our algorithms data (https://thoughtforms.life/what-do-algorithms-want-a-new-paper-on-the-emergence-of-surprising-behavior...
Discussion with Stuart Kauffman and Katherine Peil Kauffman
07 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is a ~1 hour-long discussion meeting with Stuart Kauffman and Katherine Peil Kauffman. Their two papers referenced in the discussion are: Stu's: ...
Bioelectricity, Biobots, and the Future of Biology
25 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A 30-minute talk (from April 2023) by Michael Levin given to an audience interested in longevity and the future of biotechnology research. CHAPTERS:(...
Bioelectricity as Cognitive Glue: From Diverse Intelligence to Regenerative Medicine (~1 hour talk)
21 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A talk by Michael Levin (with Q&A at the end) given at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory Colloquium given in November 2023 (not May as ...
Conversation between Adam Omary, Roy Baumeister, and Michael Levin
07 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This is a 1-hour discussion between Adam Omary, Roy Baumeister, and Michael Levin on the topics of collective intelligence and possible relevance to e...
A 1 hour Lecture on Bioelectricity for a Department of Parasitology/Immunology by Michael Levin
05 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This is a 1 hour talk on bioelectricity with a special slant toward microbiology/immunology/parasitology. More information is at https://thoughtforms....
Conversation #2 Between Chris Fields, Richard Watson, and Mike Levin
31 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Chris Fields, Richard Watson, and I discuss how memory is stored in trained but static pathway models, and what this means for memory and mind-reading...
Bioelectricity as the Software of Life: From Cognitive Glue to Regenerative Medicine
13 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This is a talk I gave (1 hour) to a computer science and robotics audience. CONNECT WITH ME: Podcast Website YouTube Apple Podcasts ...
Neuroscience Beyond Neurons: Bioelectricity Underlies the Collective Intelligence of Cellular Swarms
06 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This is a talk I gave to a neuroscience audience for the Harley Hotchkiss Memorial Lecture at the Canadian Centre for Behavioural Neuroscience at the ...
Bioelectric Networks as the Interface to Somatic Intelligence for Regenerative Medicine
29 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This is a ~50 minute talk by Michael Levin to a clinical audience about bioelectricity and why it represents a new approach to medicine. CONNECT WITH...
Conversation with Mark Solms and Chris Fields
01 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Chris Fields, Mark Solms, and Michael Levin discuss what novel behaviors are (in the context of problem-solving in novel circumstances), consciousness...
Bioelectrical Signals Reveal, Induce, and Normalize Cancer
15 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This is a ~1 hour talk by Mike Levin on the bioelectrics of cancer as a breakdown of multicellularity and collective intelligence of morphogenesis. ...
Conversation with Chris Fields and Richard Watson
12 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Working meeting between Chris Fields, Richard Watson, and I where we discuss error correction (and who decides what's an error), quantum aspects gener...
Conversation With Richard Watson, Mark Solms, and Michael Levin
05 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We discuss definitions of a Self from the perspective of history and anticipation, free will and responsibility, what learning (generalizing) agents b...
Conversation Between Richard Watson, Iain McGilchrist, and Michael Levin
03 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Richard Watson, Iain McGilchrist, and Michael Levin discuss the brain, unconventional cognition, oscillations, agency, and more. Iain McGilchrist - h...
My Talk on Consciousness at the Science of Consciousness 2023
31 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A 30-minute talk on implications of my work for the study of consciousness (fyi, I do not offer a new theory of consciousness or try to support/rule o...
Iain McGilchrist, Richard Watson, and Mile Levin
30 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Conversation between Iain McGilchrist, Richard Watson, and I. Mostly about the nature of explanation in developmental biology and bioengineering. Iai...
Conversation #1 between Richard Watson, Mark Solms, and Michael Levin
16 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Discussion between Richard Watson, Mark Solms, and I about brains, agency, and more. Richard Watson - https://www.richardawatson.com/ Mark Solms - ht...
Conversation #1 between Chris Fields, Richard Watson, and Mike Levin
11 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Working meeting #1 with Chris Fields and Richard Watson. We discuss error-correcting codes (a little; more next time), reductionism, multi-scale cont...
Conversation between Mark Solms, Chris Fields, and Mike Levin
04 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A meeting between Mark Solms, Chris Fields, and I: active inference, qualia, consciousness, brains, bacteria, and more. CONNECT WITH ME: Podcas...
Conversation between Mark Solms, Chris Fields, and Mike Levin
04 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A meeting between Mark Solms, Chris Fields, and I: active inference, qualia, consciousness, brains, bacteria, and more. CONNECT WITH ME: Podcas...
Understanding the Collective Intelligence of Cells
01 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A talk I have at the University of Hertfordshire CONNECT WITH ME: Podcast Website YouTube Apple Podcasts Spotify Twitter Blo...
Talk for Robosoft 2023
21 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Biology hacking itself, Xenobots, and morphogenesis CONNECT WITH ME: Podcast Website YouTube Apple Podcasts Spotify Twitter ...
Working Meeting #1 with Mike Gazzaniga and Richard Watson
18 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Mike Gazzaniga, Richard Watson, and I discuss split brains, minds, confabulation, and consciousness. Richard Watson - https://www.richardawatson.com/...
Chat with Carlos E. Perez about the TAME Framework: Intelligence and Agency
15 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We discuss what the relationship is between intelligence and agency (since my definition of intelligence focuses on competency for goal-directed probl...
Iain McGilchrist, Richard Watson, and Mike Levin
12 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A working meeting discussing machines, life, agency, souls, and the continuum of being. Iain McGilchrist - https://channelmcgilchrist.com/ Richard Wa...
Conversation Between Richard Watson, Iain McGilchrist, and Michael Levin
02 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Richard Watson, Iain McGilchrist, and Michael Levin discuss the brain, unconventional cognition, oscillations, agency, and more. Iain McGilchrist - h...
Conversation Between Mark Solms, Chris Fields, and Mike Levin
22 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This is a working meeting and discussion between Mark Solms, Chris Fields, and Mike Levin Mark Solms - https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=vD4p...
Conversation between Douglas Brash, Chris Fields, and Michael Levin
10 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A working meeting between Douglas Brash, Chris Fields, and Michael Levin Chris Fields - https://chrisfieldsresearch.com/ Douglas Brash - https://medi...
Conversation between Douglas Brash, Chris Fields, and Michael Levin
10 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A working meeting between Douglas Brash, Chris Fields, and Michael Levin Chris Fields - https://chrisfieldsresearch.com/ Douglas Brash - https://medi...
Conversation Between Richard Watson, Iain McGilchrist, and Michael Levin
20 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A working meeting between Richard Watson, Iain McGilchrist, and myself discussing issues of mind, selfhood, evolution, neuroscience, etc. Iain McGilc...
Conversation Between Richard Watson, Iain McGilchrist, and Michael Levin
20 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A working meeting between Richard Watson, Iain McGilchrist, and myself discussing issues of mind, selfhood, evolution, neuroscience, etc. Iain McGilc...
Engineering with Agential Materials: From Evolution to Biological Robotics, via Bioelectricity
16 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
CONNECT WITH ME: Podcast Website YouTube Apple Podcasts Spotify Twitter Blog The Levin Lab
Beyond the Brain: Multiscale Diverse Intelligence as Biological Inspiration for AI
14 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This is a talk I gave to an audience of computer scientists and neuroscientists, interested in AI, consciousness, and the brain. CONNECT WITH ME: ...
Bioelectric Networks Underlie the Intelligence of the Body
05 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This is a talk given to the Department of Biotechnology at Indian Institute of Technology Madras in January 2023. CONNECT WITH ME: Podcast Websi...
Diverse Intelligence
28 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A talk on "Diverse Intelligence: understanding and relating to unconventional biological, engineered, and hybrid agents" by Michael Levin CONNECT WIT...
Michael Levin Talk on Bioelectricity at Stanford Chemical Engineering Colloquium
27 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
CONNECT WITH ME: Podcast Website YouTube Apple Podcasts Spotify Twitter Blog The Levin Lab
Discussion: Chris Fields, Mark Solms, Michael Levin
27 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Discussion: Chris Fields, Mark Solms, Michael Levin Mark Solms - https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=vD4p8rQAAAAJ&hl=en Chris Fields - htt...
Conversation between Douglas Brash, Chris Fields, and Michael Levin
27 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Conversation between Douglas Brash, Chris Fields, and Michael Levin Douglas Brash - https://medicine.yale.edu/profile/douglas-brash/ Chris Fields - h...
Conversation of Michael Levin with Iain McGilchrist
27 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Conversation of Michael Levin with Iain McGilchrist Iain McGilchrist - https://channelmcgilchrist.com/ CONNECT WITH ME: Podcast Website You...
Discussion: Chris Fields, Mark Solms, Michael Levin
27 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Discussion: Chris Fields, Mark Solms, Michael Levin Mark Solms - https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=vD4p8rQAAAAJ&hl=en Chris Fields - htt...
Conversation between Douglas Brash, Chris Fields, and Michael Levin
27 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Conversation between Douglas Brash, Chris Fields, and Michael Levin Douglas Brash - https://medicine.yale.edu/profile/douglas-brash/ Chris Fields - h...
Conversation of Michael Levin with Iain McGilchrist
27 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Conversation of Michael Levin with Iain McGilchrist Iain McGilchrist - https://channelmcgilchrist.com/ CONNECT WITH ME: Podcast Website You...
1 Hour TAME Talk
27 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
CONNECT WITH ME: Podcast Website YouTube Apple Podcasts Spotify Twitter Blog The Levin Lab
Developmental Bioelectricity as a Precursor to Neurobiology
09 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
CONNECT WITH ME: Podcast Website YouTube Apple Podcasts Spotify Twitter Blog The Levin Lab
At the Intersection of AI & Developmental Biology: Intelligence Beyond the Brain
29 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A talk on intelligence beyond the brain CONNECT WITH ME: Podcast Website YouTube Apple Podcasts Spotify Twitter Blog The...
Cancer Talk by Michael Levin (2021)
17 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
CONNECT WITH ME: Podcast Website YouTube Apple Podcasts Spotify Twitter Blog The Levin Lab
Tame
05 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
CONNECT WITH ME:Podcast WebsiteYouTubeApple PodcastsSpotifyTwitterBlogThe Levin Lab