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DeBarra Shaw
@d2chattoway.bsky.social
· Jul 5
Great talk by @drmichaellevin.bsky.social on reviewing ideas around the scaling of intelligence in unconventional substrates
youtu.be/FzFFeRVEdUM?...
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"Scaling Intelligence in Biology, Artificial Life, and Beyond" by Michael Levin
YouTube video by Michael Levin's Academic Content
youtu.be
Dr. Michael Levin continues groundbreaking work,sparking epic conversations. Great talk here… ✨
Reposted by DeBarra Shaw
Intelligence isn't simply about value maximization, or optimizing without regard for how it’s done. Human intelligence doesn't work that way—and neither does AI. In a recent interview in @bigthink.com, I explain why.
December 10, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Intelligence isn't simply about value maximization, or optimizing without regard for how it’s done. Human intelligence doesn't work that way—and neither does AI. In a recent interview in @bigthink.com, I explain why.
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Join our meetup next Wednesday to see all the exciting things we've been up to over the past year! If you want to catch up with our project and get a high-level overview of what we do, this 2-hour meeting with nine short talks from everyone on our team would be the ideal opportunity!
Join us Dec 17 at 9 AM PST for a meetup with Jeff Hawkins, @vivianeclay.bsky.social, and the Thousand Brains Project team.
New to Monty? This is the perfect place to jump in. If you already know Monty, we’ll tell you something new.
www.meetup.com/thousand-bra...
New to Monty? This is the perfect place to jump in. If you already know Monty, we’ll tell you something new.
www.meetup.com/thousand-bra...
December 10, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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Hao's Preprint Reading List
December 10th, 2025
👉EphB4 in Lung Fibrosis
👉Mechanical Senescence of Endothelial Cell & Notch
👉Modeling tissue rupture by invading cells
👉Ovarian Aging
👉scBayesAge➡️single cell age
👉Connexin 43 & Neointima
👉Venous endothelial progenitor
docs.google.com/document/d/e...
December 10th, 2025
👉EphB4 in Lung Fibrosis
👉Mechanical Senescence of Endothelial Cell & Notch
👉Modeling tissue rupture by invading cells
👉Ovarian Aging
👉scBayesAge➡️single cell age
👉Connexin 43 & Neointima
👉Venous endothelial progenitor
docs.google.com/document/d/e...
December 10, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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✨😊✨ Terrific interview…
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCnz...
Thrilled to share this interview here!
Thank you @Evan for having me 😊🙏
Thrilled to share this interview here!
Thank you @Evan for having me 😊🙏
Meet the Scientist Proving Your Whole Body is Conscious!
YouTube video by Giant's Shoulder
www.youtube.com
December 9, 2025 at 8:37 PM
✨😊✨ Terrific interview…
Nice read…
“Memory becomes nothing less than the expectations you have on the basis of prior experiences.” What does that mean for how we understand learning, identity, and the future? Find out in my conversation with Prof. Matthew Larkum. Available in English, German, and Romanian (links below).
#neuroskyence
#neuroskyence
Echoes of memory: A conversation beyond the lab - Neurofrontiers
Interview with Prof. Matthew Larkum
neurofrontiers.blog
December 7, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Nice read…
Dr. Levin’s amazing nature captures… ✨
December 7, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Dr. Levin’s amazing nature captures… ✨
Interesting… thanks Hao!
A Polygenic Score for #PerpheralArteryDisease #MajorAdverseLimbEvent
~69k
6 TIMI trials
2.6 y f/up
577 MALE (ALI CTLI Major amputation Peripheral revascularization)
Risk
⬆️15%➡️PAD prevalence
⬆️30%➡️MALE
⬆️27%➡️MI
⬆️10%➡️Stroke
More powerful in non-smokers
#EHJ 2025
academic.oup.com/eurheartj/ad...
~69k
6 TIMI trials
2.6 y f/up
577 MALE (ALI CTLI Major amputation Peripheral revascularization)
Risk
⬆️15%➡️PAD prevalence
⬆️30%➡️MALE
⬆️27%➡️MI
⬆️10%➡️Stroke
More powerful in non-smokers
#EHJ 2025
academic.oup.com/eurheartj/ad...
December 7, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Interesting… thanks Hao!
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How does the brain build itself? 🧠📈
Join us on Dec. 9, 10-12pm PT for a webinar presenting the findings from 12 papers mapping brain development in new detail.
🔗 https://alleninstitute-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_phxk87APQh-kgRYqp0jO5Q#/registration
Image: Jasiek Krzysztofiak/@nature.com
Join us on Dec. 9, 10-12pm PT for a webinar presenting the findings from 12 papers mapping brain development in new detail.
🔗 https://alleninstitute-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_phxk87APQh-kgRYqp0jO5Q#/registration
Image: Jasiek Krzysztofiak/@nature.com
December 5, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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Call for abstracts for the first conference of our new Center for Humanities and Technology. Please share!
uchumanitiestech.org/2026-confere...
uchumanitiestech.org/2026-confere...
2026 Conference
Call for Papers: Science and Technology in the Anthropocene April 2 – 3, 2026 A conference about human experience in a world with non-biological intelligent systems and the environmental prob…
uchumanitiestech.org
December 2, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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Thanks Manuela. Hat tip Science.Org
Thanks Manuela. Hat tip Science.Org
Read about the cat diaspora out of Africa: an interesting story of domestication.
"Ancient #DNA illuminates the origin and spread of the domestic cat."
🧪 #Science #Biology #Animals
1- www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...
2- www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
3- www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
"Ancient #DNA illuminates the origin and spread of the domestic cat."
🧪 #Science #Biology #Animals
1- www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...
2- www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
3- www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
November 30, 2025 at 12:41 AM
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Thanks Manuela. Hat tip Science.Org
Thanks Manuela. Hat tip Science.Org
Very interesting conversation…
A conversation with Diana Moga, @drmichaellevin.bsky.social and @chrisfields38.bsky.social and me on autism - diagnosis, treatment, biases, models, prevalence of trauma, environmental issues.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPO-...
#autism
#ASD
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPO-...
#autism
#ASD
Conversation 1 with Diana Moga, Alexey Tolchinsky, and Chris Fields
YouTube video by Michael Levin's Academic Content
www.youtube.com
November 30, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Very interesting conversation…
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“Time is brain” for cell therapies?🧠
Our #AdvSci perspective😆
@rrust.bsky.social
@dominikusbrian.com
@lydenlab.bsky.social
#StemCellTherapy for #Stroke should be timed to a biomarker-defined “window of receptivity”, not just the thrombolysis clock
advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Our #AdvSci perspective😆
@rrust.bsky.social
@dominikusbrian.com
@lydenlab.bsky.social
#StemCellTherapy for #Stroke should be timed to a biomarker-defined “window of receptivity”, not just the thrombolysis clock
advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
November 29, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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The project “really mushroomed into something cool,”… John LaRocco, Lead Researcher
Could Shiitake Mushrooms Power Future Tech?
Could Shiitake Mushrooms Power Future Tech?
Shiitake mushrooms show surprising potential as eco-friendly memristors with unique properties.
spectrum.ieee.org
November 28, 2025 at 9:05 PM
The project “really mushroomed into something cool,”… John LaRocco, Lead Researcher
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Delighted to co-organise this workshop on Self-Other Actions and Interactions in real and virtual worlds
Full info here 👇🏼
Shout out to my brilliant trainee Altea Vanni for the poster design 😎
Check out her talk too !
Hybrid format - everyone welcome
Full info here 👇🏼
Shout out to my brilliant trainee Altea Vanni for the poster design 😎
Check out her talk too !
Hybrid format - everyone welcome
November 27, 2025 at 11:28 AM
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Congrats to @ninabegus.bsky.social on publishing "Artificial Humanities: A Fictional Perspective on Language in AI." It’s open access on @uofmpress.bsky.social; OA publication made possible in part from UCB Library’s Berkeley Research Impact Initiative. www.fulcrum.org/concern/mono...
Artificial Humanities: A Fictional Perspective on Language in AI
<I>Artificial Humanities</I> explores how literature, history, and art can deepen our understanding of artificial intelligence and its development. By examining fictional representations of AI in para...
www.fulcrum.org
November 26, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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Great clip…
AI reinforcement learning works by modeling the past, but it falls apart when things change in real time. What to do?
@blaiseaguera.bsky.social and his team have the answer: empathy.
@blaiseaguera.bsky.social and his team have the answer: empathy.
November 26, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Great clip…
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November 25, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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FYI
Delayed access to stroke treatment has serious consequences. Could remote robotics bring rural patients faster access to care? https://spectrum.ieee.org/remote-robotic-stroke-treatment-evt?share_id=9057541
November 24, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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Pets completely protect against mental decline from living alone.
9-year study of 7,945 older adults: People living alone with pets kept their mental sharpness just as well as those living with family.
Your dog or cat might be saving your brain.
9-year study of 7,945 older adults: People living alone with pets kept their mental sharpness just as well as those living with family.
Your dog or cat might be saving your brain.
November 20, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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Why we dance: The surprising link between talking, music, and moving to the beat. My latest essay @psychtoday.bsky.social adapted from my forthcoming @mitpress.bsky.social book, Wired for Words. www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/wire...
Why We Dance
Ever wonder why humans can't resist moving to music? The answer connects dancing to speech in a surprising way—and explains why parrots are our unlikely partners in rhythm.
www.psychologytoday.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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Great work by Gasper Begus and team. AI helping us to understand our world in new ways… hat tip National Geographic…✨🐳✨😊✨
Thank you National Geographic and @chameauleon.bsky.social for featuring our research! By: @begus.bsky.social, Ronald Sprouse, Andrej Leban, Miles Silva and Shane Gero.
www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/arti...
www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/arti...
Exclusive: Sperm whale speech has human-like 'vowels'
The mammals' mysterious clicks contain a stunning level of complexity, a new study shows.
www.nationalgeographic.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Great work by Gasper Begus and team. AI helping us to understand our world in new ways… hat tip National Geographic…✨🐳✨😊✨
This is literally a cool read… 😎
🔥 As chips grow more powerful, they also grow hotter. In the #IEEESpectrum November issue, explore the thermal challenges shaping the future of #computing + 4 big ideas to cool things down. @spectrum.ieee.org
Read the special report: 🔗 https://loom.ly/aa9gKHU
Read the special report: 🔗 https://loom.ly/aa9gKHU
November 12, 2025 at 9:20 PM
This is literally a cool read… 😎
Reposted by DeBarra Shaw
How the brain’s ability to model creates explosions in intelligence, from @blaiseaguera.bsky.social's Long Now Talk.
November 7, 2025 at 8:10 PM
How the brain’s ability to model creates explosions in intelligence, from @blaiseaguera.bsky.social's Long Now Talk.
Deep thought for the day…
new paper with @robertchisciure.bsky.social
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
"Cognition all the way down 2.0: neuroscience beyond neurons in the diverse intelligence era"
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link.springer.com/article/10.1...
"Cognition all the way down 2.0: neuroscience beyond neurons in the diverse intelligence era"
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Cognition all the way down 2.0: neuroscience beyond neurons in the diverse intelligence era - Synthese
This paper formalizes biological intelligence as search efficiency in multi-scale problem spaces, aiming to resolve epistemic deadlocks in the basal “cognition wars” unfolding in the Diverse Intellige...
link.springer.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Deep thought for the day…