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Thoughtforms Life

Michael Levin
Bioelectricity
Collective Intelligence
Regenerative Medicine
Morphogenesis
Planaria
Neuroscience
Cancer
Evolution
Consciousness Studies
Xenobots
Regeneration
Axolotls
Synthetic Biology
Bioengineering
Embryogenesis
Multicellular Organisms
Morphogenetic Intelligence
Synthetic Life
Biomedicine
Embryonic Development

A podcast by Professor Michael Levin exploring the frontiers of biology, cognition, and emergence. Engage in conversations about morphogenesis, bioelectricity, and synthetic life — and uncover how intelligence and agency emerge from the most fundamental levels of nature.

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This is a ~54 minute talk I gave, titled ""Bioelectricity: a bridge between physics and cognition, by way of biology", at the National Institute of Health Interest Group "Quantum SIG" (oir.nih.gov/sigs/qis-quantum-sensing-biology-interest-gro... more

This is a ~1 hour talk I gave at the Oxford Robotics Institute called "Intrinsic motivation in evolved, engineered, and hybrid systems: the interface of biophysics, computer science, and behavioral science". It covers our work from the perspective of... more

This is a ~50-minute talk titled "Substrate-dependent mathematics hypothesis" by Olaf Witkowski (olafwitkowski.com/), presented for our Platonic Space symposium (thoughtforms.life/symposium-on-the-platonic-space/).

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This is the fourth talk in our symposium on Platonic Space, titled "The Historical Construction of Normativity in Mathematics" by Benjamin Lyons (interestingessays.substack.com/)

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Michael Levin
Professor exploring biology, cognition, and emergence. Engages in discussions about morphogenesis, intelligence, and synthetic life formations.

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Engineering Agential Materials
Q: How should we be treating cellular collectives in tissue engineering?
The speaker suggests employing training techniques through rewarding and giving control over their environment to understand and motivate their behavior.
Engineering Agential Materials
Q: What motivated the choice of sound in your experiments?
The initial choice stemmed from transcriptomics revealing a cluster of hearing genes, leading to experiments testing sound stimuli on their behavior.
Engineering Agential Materials
Q: If we are dealing with biological cells as reaching steady states in a non-inclining environment, can this help us predict their behavior?
The speaker argues that powerful advances in manipulating behavior will come from cognitive neuroscience rather than thermodynamics or quantum biology.
Uncovering Electrodynamic Design Principles of Living Cells
Q: How much work has been done in asking the question, like, what are the computational properties of this network?
A little bit has been done in understanding microtubules as a dynamic computational system, with estimates that microtubules in neurons could hold significant memory capacity.
Chemical AI: An Unconventional Strategy for Mimicking Biological Intelligence - Pier Luigi Gentili
Q: Do you have any kind of a biorealistic scenario that you can look at, that people think are relevant to the origin of life?
I'm still working on it, but I feel there's something missing in thermodynamics regarding the origin of life.

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This podcast engages listeners with thought-provoking discussions centered on the intersections of biology, cognition, and artificial intelligence. Featuring a prominent professor in the field, the conversations explore complex topics such as morphogenesis, bioelectric networks, and the emergence of intelligence in both biological and synthetic systems. The insights provided give a nuanced understanding of how diverse forms of life, including engineered organisms like xenobots, challenge traditional definitions of intelligence and consciousness. By encouraging deep philosophical inquiries into the nature of agency and decision-making, it effectively bridges scientific exploration with broader ethical considerations. The podcast is likely to... more

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