Thoughtforms Life
Michael Levin
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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May 16, 2023 • 58min
Conversation #1 between Richard Watson, Mark Solms, and Michael Levin
Discussion between Richard Watson, Mark Solms, and I about brains, agency, and more.
Richard Watson - https://www.richardawatson.com/
Mark Solms - https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=vD4p8rQAAAAJ&hl=en
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May 11, 2023 • 1h 2min
Conversation #1 between Chris Fields, Richard Watson, and Mike Levin
Working meeting #1 with Chris Fields and Richard Watson. We discuss error-correcting codes (a little; more next time), reductionism, multi-scale controls, and more.
Richard Watson - https://www.richardawatson.com/
Chris Fields - https://chrisfieldsresearch.com/
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May 4, 2023 • 56min
Conversation between Mark Solms, Chris Fields, and Mike Levin
A meeting between Mark Solms, Chris Fields, and I: active inference, qualia, consciousness, brains, bacteria, and more.
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May 4, 2023 • 56min
Conversation between Mark Solms, Chris Fields, and Mike Levin
A meeting between Mark Solms, Chris Fields, and I: active inference, qualia, consciousness, brains, bacteria, and more.
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May 1, 2023 • 1h 14min
Understanding the Collective Intelligence of Cells
A talk I have at the University of Hertfordshire
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Apr 21, 2023 • 46min
Talk for Robosoft 2023
Biology hacking itself, Xenobots, and morphogenesis
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Apr 18, 2023 • 1h 14min
Working Meeting #1 with Mike Gazzaniga and Richard Watson
Mike Gazzaniga, Richard Watson, and I discuss split brains, minds, confabulation, and consciousness.
Richard Watson - https://www.richardawatson.com/
Mike Gazzaniga - https://people.psych.ucsb.edu/gazzaniga/michael/
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Apr 15, 2023 • 40min
Chat with Carlos E. Perez about the TAME Framework: Intelligence and Agency
We discuss what the relationship is between intelligence and agency (since my definition of intelligence focuses on competency for goal-directed problem-solving), AI, biological evolution, and what is important about maintaining humanity in the deep future.
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Apr 12, 2023 • 1h
Iain McGilchrist, Richard Watson, and Mike Levin
A working meeting discussing machines, life, agency, souls, and the continuum of being.
Iain McGilchrist - https://channelmcgilchrist.com/
Richard Watson - https://www.richardawatson.com/
The poem I was referring to half-way through is this one:
It doesn’t interest me what you do for a living. I want to know what you ache for and if you dare to dream of meeting your heart’s longing.
It doesn’t interest me how old you are. I want to know if you will risk looking like a fool for love, for y...
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Apr 2, 2023 • 1h 1min
Conversation Between Richard Watson, Iain McGilchrist, and Michael Levin
Richard Watson, Iain McGilchrist, and Michael Levin discuss the brain, unconventional cognition, oscillations, agency, and more.
Iain McGilchrist - https://channelmcgilchrist.com/
Richard Watson - https://www.richardawatson.com/
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