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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
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"Scaling Intelligence in Biology, Artificial Life, and Beyond" by Michael Levin
YouTube video by Michael Levin's Academic Content
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Dr. Michael Levin continues groundbreaking work,sparking epic conversations. Great talk here… ✨
Wow, so amazing. Thanks Manuela.
The floral illusion...
How a parasitic beetle mimics the scent of flowers to attract bees: a new form of chemical deception.
🧪 #Science #Ecology #Biology
Bee-hunting beetles are the first animals known to fake the smell of flowers
1- www.science.org/content/arti...
2- www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
How a parasitic beetle mimics the scent of flowers to attract bees: a new form of chemical deception.
🧪 #Science #Ecology #Biology
Bee-hunting beetles are the first animals known to fake the smell of flowers
1- www.science.org/content/arti...
2- www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
January 26, 2026 at 6:19 PM
Wow, so amazing. Thanks Manuela.
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Finally published:
“Your brain on nature: A scoping review of the neuroscience of
nature exposure”
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
A synthesis of multiple EEG, fMRI, and fNIRS studies to map the mechanisms behind the restoring effects of nature on the brain 🧠🌱
“Your brain on nature: A scoping review of the neuroscience of
nature exposure”
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
A synthesis of multiple EEG, fMRI, and fNIRS studies to map the mechanisms behind the restoring effects of nature on the brain 🧠🌱
Your brain on nature: A scoping review of the neuroscience of nature exposure
The relationship between natural environments and human cognition has gathered increasing attention across disciplines, including neuroscience, enviro…
www.sciencedirect.com
January 24, 2026 at 11:59 AM
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✨Jeff Hawkins and @vivianeclay.bsky.social give a summary of today’s research meeting “Exploring How Cortical Columns Learn Behavior and Causality”
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✨Jeff Hawkins and @vivianeclay.bsky.social give a summary of today’s research meeting “Exploring How Cortical Columns Learn Behavior and Causality”
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Summary - Exploring How Cortical Columns Learn Behavior and Causality #sensorimotorai
YouTube video by Thousand Brains Project
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January 21, 2026 at 9:44 PM
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Reposted by DeBarra Shaw
AI collaboration.
Multiple Autonomous AI Systems Spontaneously Collaborate to Advance Materials Research | National Institute for Materials Science, Japan www.eurekalert.org/news-release...
Multiple Autonomous AI Systems Spontaneously Collaborate to Advance Materials Research | National Institute for Materials Science, Japan www.eurekalert.org/news-release...
Networking autonomous material exploration systems through transfer learning - npj Computational Materials
npj Computational Materials - Networking autonomous material exploration systems through transfer learning
www.nature.com
January 21, 2026 at 1:17 PM
AI collaboration.
Multiple Autonomous AI Systems Spontaneously Collaborate to Advance Materials Research | National Institute for Materials Science, Japan www.eurekalert.org/news-release...
Multiple Autonomous AI Systems Spontaneously Collaborate to Advance Materials Research | National Institute for Materials Science, Japan www.eurekalert.org/news-release...
Interesting…
Neuroscience produces more data every year: more neurons mapped, more proteins identified. Yet the fundamental questions remain unanswered. We're creating puzzle pieces without knowing what image they're meant to form.
ocrampal.com/the-puzzle-i...
#philosophy #psychology #AI #intelligence #physics
ocrampal.com/the-puzzle-i...
#philosophy #psychology #AI #intelligence #physics
The Puzzle Without a Picture: Why Geneosophy is Needed
The metaphor of the puzzle can be applied to any science, though it becomes particularly vivid in neuroscience.
In neuroscience, we work with a multitude of objects considered central to the field: n...
ocrampal.com
January 19, 2026 at 1:05 AM
Interesting…
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Is AI pretending to be intelligent, or is it really? @blaiseaguera.bsky.social #Technology #Books
Researcher and CTO at Google, Blaise Agüera y Arcas, argues that AI's intelligence lies in its ability to make predictions.
Read the full article: bigthink.com/books/blaise...
Researcher and CTO at Google, Blaise Agüera y Arcas, argues that AI's intelligence lies in its ability to make predictions.
Read the full article: bigthink.com/books/blaise...
January 16, 2026 at 11:39 PM
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Reposted by DeBarra Shaw
Cougar (Puma concolor): There are 40 species of cat around our planet and this large cat is native to the Americas, from the Yukon in northern Canada to the southern Andes in South America. Neat photo taken by Phil Gould of this Big Cat of the Americas #mountainlion #puma #cougar #wildlife #nature
January 13, 2026 at 1:25 AM
Cougar (Puma concolor): There are 40 species of cat around our planet and this large cat is native to the Americas, from the Yukon in northern Canada to the southern Andes in South America. Neat photo taken by Phil Gould of this Big Cat of the Americas #mountainlion #puma #cougar #wildlife #nature
To hug or not to hug, that is the question… 😊🤗🤔
Some people love hugs. Others step back, and that’s not a problem.
Our new article explores touch aversion as an adaptive response shaped by many factors: tu-dresden.de/ing/elektrot...
Are you a touch seeker or prefer to keep your distance? Why might that be?
Our new article explores touch aversion as an adaptive response shaped by many factors: tu-dresden.de/ing/elektrot...
Are you a touch seeker or prefer to keep your distance? Why might that be?
January 12, 2026 at 8:55 PM
To hug or not to hug, that is the question… 😊🤗🤔
From Cells to Selves…
aeon.co/essays/why-y...
I recently wrote this piece about why the body and not just the brain is important for thinking
Theory paper developing these ideas and arguments more formally will follow up soon
Watch this space 😎
I recently wrote this piece about why the body and not just the brain is important for thinking
Theory paper developing these ideas and arguments more formally will follow up soon
Watch this space 😎
Why you need your whole body – from head to toes – to think | Aeon Essays
Contemplating the world requires a body, and a body requires an immune system: the rungs of life create the stuff of thought
aeon.co
January 12, 2026 at 6:41 PM
From Cells to Selves…
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When work is life, it's all the more important to celebrate #NationalCleanOffYourDeskDay.
Find inspiration in Stephen Wolfram's productivity setup:
https://writings.stephenwolfram.com/2019/02/seeking-the-productive-life-some-details-of-my-personal-infrastructure
Find inspiration in Stephen Wolfram's productivity setup:
https://writings.stephenwolfram.com/2019/02/seeking-the-productive-life-some-details-of-my-personal-infrastructure
January 12, 2026 at 5:00 PM
When work is life, it's all the more important to celebrate #NationalCleanOffYourDeskDay.
Find inspiration in Stephen Wolfram's productivity setup:
https://writings.stephenwolfram.com/2019/02/seeking-the-productive-life-some-details-of-my-personal-infrastructure
Find inspiration in Stephen Wolfram's productivity setup:
https://writings.stephenwolfram.com/2019/02/seeking-the-productive-life-some-details-of-my-personal-infrastructure
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– We showed that recursion and metalinguistic analysis, long assumed to be uniquely human, can now be carried out by LLMs
– We built tools that let models analyze and generate language itself, including entirely new languages
– We built tools that let models analyze and generate language itself, including entirely new languages
January 8, 2026 at 5:00 PM
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Reposted by DeBarra Shaw
Starting with an online session today!
& if you’ll be in Toronto, come discuss automation and contingent teaching with us!
January 8, 2026 at 12:24 PM
Starting with an online session today!
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In Chapter 10 of "What Is Intelligence” (@mitpress.bsky.social & Antikythera), I explore how symbiotic partnerships have enabled major leaps in intelligence throughout history, and how our latest evolutionary transition will lead to even more diverse and enduring possibilities.
January 5, 2026 at 10:54 AM
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Unconscious Inference by Patrick Cavanagh: https://doi.org/10.21428/e2759450.3bef4aa1
January 3, 2026 at 12:42 PM
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Reposted by DeBarra Shaw
Algorithms induce "Cognitive Drift" gradually resetting our mental baselines. A neuro-anchored protocol to audit how AI curation reweights user attention and emotion over time. t.co/1kSlt1Ujut
#AI #Neuroscience #DigitalEthics #MentalHealth #AlgorithmAuditing
#ResponsibleAI #ActiveInference
#AI #Neuroscience #DigitalEthics #MentalHealth #AlgorithmAuditing
#ResponsibleAI #ActiveInference
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/neuroscience/articles/10.3389/fnins.2025.1697053/full
t.co
January 2, 2026 at 3:48 AM
Algorithms induce "Cognitive Drift" gradually resetting our mental baselines. A neuro-anchored protocol to audit how AI curation reweights user attention and emotion over time. t.co/1kSlt1Ujut
#AI #Neuroscience #DigitalEthics #MentalHealth #AlgorithmAuditing
#ResponsibleAI #ActiveInference
#AI #Neuroscience #DigitalEthics #MentalHealth #AlgorithmAuditing
#ResponsibleAI #ActiveInference
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Happy & Healthy New Year!
January 1, 2026 at 4:08 PM
Happy & Healthy New Year!
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The wiggly thing on his face? Nsimba is still working it out. It flops. It swings. Sometimes it cooperates. Mostly it doesn't.
His mum Naipoki fell into a well twice as an infant. We raised her – and now she's brought her baby to meet us.
sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/n...
His mum Naipoki fell into a well twice as an infant. We raised her – and now she's brought her baby to meet us.
sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/n...
December 31, 2025 at 11:55 PM
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Reposted by DeBarra Shaw
Thanks for sharing 2025 with us!
Here's to another great year full of computation. 🥂
Here's to another great year full of computation. 🥂
December 31, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Thanks for sharing 2025 with us!
Here's to another great year full of computation. 🥂
Here's to another great year full of computation. 🥂
Interesting read…
Ever wanted to eat something salty, without actually consuming more salt? Japanese scientists have created an electric cup and spoon that bring the taste of salt without the health concerns. spectrum.ieee.org/electric-sal...
December 30, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Interesting read…
Reposted by DeBarra Shaw
Teacher collaboration boosts cognitively activating teaching practices | EurekAlert! www.eurekalert.org/news-release...
December 30, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Teacher collaboration boosts cognitively activating teaching practices | EurekAlert! www.eurekalert.org/news-release...
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𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻
Annual reminder that the book is open access.
How do we think of the brain as a deeply interconnected system with highly distributed, non hierarchical processing.
Want to learn about the brain from a fresh perspective?
#neuroskyence
mitpress.mit.edu/978026254460...
Annual reminder that the book is open access.
How do we think of the brain as a deeply interconnected system with highly distributed, non hierarchical processing.
Want to learn about the brain from a fresh perspective?
#neuroskyence
mitpress.mit.edu/978026254460...
The Entangled Brain
Popular neuroscience accounts often focus on specific mind-brain aspects like addiction, cognition, or memory, but The Entangled Brain tackles a much bigger ...
mitpress.mit.edu
December 29, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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Interesting…
News about biological computationalism -agency arises from the constraints of energy & real-time physics—not abstract code. To engineer #consciousness, need to build systems that "feel" the cost of their computation.
neurosciencenews.com/consciousness-…#Agencyc#Roboticsc#BioEngineeringng
neurosciencenews.com/consciousness-…#Agencyc#Roboticsc#BioEngineeringng
December 29, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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Good morning Bluesky. Some summer beauty to help with this drab rainy Winter day. Gerber. Example of Fibonacci Squence.
December 29, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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Good read…
The Extended Evolutionary Synthesis by Eva Jablonka: https://doi.org/10.21428/e2759450.7f2d7559
December 26, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Good read…
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Merry Christmas 🎄
European Robin (Erithacus rubecula): The "Robin Redbreast" was given its nickname long before a distinction was made in the English language between "Red" & "Orange". Superb photo taken by Martina Olivia of this fluffy Robin taken in the UK.
European Robin (Erithacus rubecula): The "Robin Redbreast" was given its nickname long before a distinction was made in the English language between "Red" & "Orange". Superb photo taken by Martina Olivia of this fluffy Robin taken in the UK.
December 25, 2025 at 10:22 AM
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