Anna Riedl
@annaleptikon.bsky.social
cognitive science, rationality under radical uncertainty, complexity, systems, insight, meaning, synthesis, wisdom, knowledge maps, self expeditions, transcendence
Next discussion date is in 10 minutes: Wed, Nov 12, at 12:30 pm EDT.
The paper: Marvin Minsky, “Steps Toward Artificial Intelligence” (1961). A long but non-technical paper - it is mostly conceptual.
Darren Lott will lead the discussion.
The paper: Marvin Minsky, “Steps Toward Artificial Intelligence” (1961). A long but non-technical paper - it is mostly conceptual.
Darren Lott will lead the discussion.
November 12, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Next discussion date is in 10 minutes: Wed, Nov 12, at 12:30 pm EDT.
The paper: Marvin Minsky, “Steps Toward Artificial Intelligence” (1961). A long but non-technical paper - it is mostly conceptual.
Darren Lott will lead the discussion.
The paper: Marvin Minsky, “Steps Toward Artificial Intelligence” (1961). A long but non-technical paper - it is mostly conceptual.
Darren Lott will lead the discussion.
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The next foundational paper of complexity science will be discussed
Thurs, July 10, at 2:00 pm EDT.
Paper: C. E. Shannon, “A Mathematical Theory of Communication” (1948).
people.math.harvard.edu/~ctm/home/te...
Thurs, July 10, at 2:00 pm EDT.
Paper: C. E. Shannon, “A Mathematical Theory of Communication” (1948).
people.math.harvard.edu/~ctm/home/te...
July 9, 2025 at 12:50 PM
The next foundational paper of complexity science will be discussed
Thurs, July 10, at 2:00 pm EDT.
Paper: C. E. Shannon, “A Mathematical Theory of Communication” (1948).
people.math.harvard.edu/~ctm/home/te...
Thurs, July 10, at 2:00 pm EDT.
Paper: C. E. Shannon, “A Mathematical Theory of Communication” (1948).
people.math.harvard.edu/~ctm/home/te...
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And also @annaleptikon.bsky.social ! 😊 So nice to meet people from the online world in person!
June 11, 2025 at 11:04 AM
And also @annaleptikon.bsky.social ! 😊 So nice to meet people from the online world in person!
Join @braininspired.bsky.social today to revisit another foundational work in cognitive / complexity science, and reflect on how biology confronts the intelligence.
These diagrams are the first logic gates. They inspired von Neumann and others in the design of logic circuits for digital computers.
These diagrams are the first logic gates. They inspired von Neumann and others in the design of logic circuits for digital computers.
May 15, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Join @braininspired.bsky.social today to revisit another foundational work in cognitive / complexity science, and reflect on how biology confronts the intelligence.
These diagrams are the first logic gates. They inspired von Neumann and others in the design of logic circuits for digital computers.
These diagrams are the first logic gates. They inspired von Neumann and others in the design of logic circuits for digital computers.
The next foundational papers of complexity science discussion will be Thurs, May 15, at 12:00 pm EDT / 6 pm CEST.
We will discuss: W. S. McCulloch and W. Pitts, “A Logical Calculus of the Ideas Immanent in Nervous Activity” (1943)
We will discuss: W. S. McCulloch and W. Pitts, “A Logical Calculus of the Ideas Immanent in Nervous Activity” (1943)
The next complexity discussion call by @braininspired.bsky.social will be tomorrow Wed, April 2, at 6:00 pm EST.
Topic: L. Szilárd, “On the Decrease of Entropy in a Thermodynamic System by the Intervention of Intelligent Beings” (1929) with Susanne Still
braininspired.co/complexity-g...
Topic: L. Szilárd, “On the Decrease of Entropy in a Thermodynamic System by the Intervention of Intelligent Beings” (1929) with Susanne Still
braininspired.co/complexity-g...
May 13, 2025 at 9:34 AM
The next foundational papers of complexity science discussion will be Thurs, May 15, at 12:00 pm EDT / 6 pm CEST.
We will discuss: W. S. McCulloch and W. Pitts, “A Logical Calculus of the Ideas Immanent in Nervous Activity” (1943)
We will discuss: W. S. McCulloch and W. Pitts, “A Logical Calculus of the Ideas Immanent in Nervous Activity” (1943)
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My coauthor explaining the idea for our next paper to me
March 31, 2025 at 1:59 PM
My coauthor explaining the idea for our next paper to me
The next complexity discussion call by @braininspired.bsky.social will be tomorrow Wed, April 2, at 6:00 pm EST.
Topic: L. Szilárd, “On the Decrease of Entropy in a Thermodynamic System by the Intervention of Intelligent Beings” (1929) with Susanne Still
braininspired.co/complexity-g...
Topic: L. Szilárd, “On the Decrease of Entropy in a Thermodynamic System by the Intervention of Intelligent Beings” (1929) with Susanne Still
braininspired.co/complexity-g...
April 1, 2025 at 8:59 AM
The next complexity discussion call by @braininspired.bsky.social will be tomorrow Wed, April 2, at 6:00 pm EST.
Topic: L. Szilárd, “On the Decrease of Entropy in a Thermodynamic System by the Intervention of Intelligent Beings” (1929) with Susanne Still
braininspired.co/complexity-g...
Topic: L. Szilárd, “On the Decrease of Entropy in a Thermodynamic System by the Intervention of Intelligent Beings” (1929) with Susanne Still
braininspired.co/complexity-g...
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Visualize and download school segregation data for every state, county, metro area, commuting zone, geo school district, and local educational agency in the US since 1991.
edopportunity.org/segregation
edopportunity.org/segregation
Segregation Explorer
Use our interactive map to explore dimensions of segregation in America
edopportunity.org
November 11, 2024 at 5:52 PM
Visualize and download school segregation data for every state, county, metro area, commuting zone, geo school district, and local educational agency in the US since 1991.
edopportunity.org/segregation
edopportunity.org/segregation
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Announcing a short course! ifp.org/economics-of...
Pierre Azoulay
Matt Clancy
Janet Freilich
Ina Ganguli
Ben Jones
Chad Jones
Kyle Myers
John Van Reenen
+ me
Pierre Azoulay
Matt Clancy
Janet Freilich
Ina Ganguli
Ben Jones
Chad Jones
Kyle Myers
John Van Reenen
+ me
Economics of Ideas, Science and Innovation Online PhD Short Course - Institute for Progress
ifp.org
November 27, 2023 at 3:13 PM
Announcing a short course! ifp.org/economics-of...
Pierre Azoulay
Matt Clancy
Janet Freilich
Ina Ganguli
Ben Jones
Chad Jones
Kyle Myers
John Van Reenen
+ me
Pierre Azoulay
Matt Clancy
Janet Freilich
Ina Ganguli
Ben Jones
Chad Jones
Kyle Myers
John Van Reenen
+ me
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Economics has core insights that get ignored by politicians.
The most fundamental?
A price isn't just a number—it's a signal wrapped in an incentive.
But why do policymakers need to know this?
www.economicforces.xyz/p/prices-are...
The most fundamental?
A price isn't just a number—it's a signal wrapped in an incentive.
But why do policymakers need to know this?
www.economicforces.xyz/p/prices-are...
Prices are signals (and politicians keep shooting the messenger)
Economic policy insight #1: A price is a signal wrapped in an incentive.
www.economicforces.xyz
March 6, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Economics has core insights that get ignored by politicians.
The most fundamental?
A price isn't just a number—it's a signal wrapped in an incentive.
But why do policymakers need to know this?
www.economicforces.xyz/p/prices-are...
The most fundamental?
A price isn't just a number—it's a signal wrapped in an incentive.
But why do policymakers need to know this?
www.economicforces.xyz/p/prices-are...
Is it possible that bsky has no "save" function? In this case I guess I have to repost things that sound vaguely interesting, to save them for myself in the future
Si une âme charitable a par hasard accès à cet ouvrage (en dehors des quelques pages dispo sur Google Book)... press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
Weak Knowledge
Many of us view the world of science as a firm bastion of knowledge, with each new discovery and further illumination adding to an unshakable foundation of natural truths. Weak Knowledge aims to rattl...
press.uchicago.edu
March 12, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Is it possible that bsky has no "save" function? In this case I guess I have to repost things that sound vaguely interesting, to save them for myself in the future
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OK, every year I try to explain to my students how LLMs work, and every year I have to do a big trawl for good resources and activities. Here's this year's haul of *introductory* materials. (In-class activities + visualizations, not so much readings.)
March 6, 2025 at 6:42 PM
OK, every year I try to explain to my students how LLMs work, and every year I have to do a big trawl for good resources and activities. Here's this year's haul of *introductory* materials. (In-class activities + visualizations, not so much readings.)
Loved, reread, and recommend @cherylmisak.bsky.social's book on Ramsey. Glad he gets appreciated adequately.
F.P. Ramsey’s grave finally has a refurbished headstone! Thank you British Wittgenstein Society for doing all the work and for allowing me to contribute in a more mundane way.
March 12, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Loved, reread, and recommend @cherylmisak.bsky.social's book on Ramsey. Glad he gets appreciated adequately.
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I've created a list to follow new works, events and news related the history of economics (including some philosophers)
bsky.app/profile/unde...
And most of them can be followed at once with @hugocerqueira.bsky.social's HET starter pack here
bsky.app/starter-pack...
bsky.app/profile/unde...
And most of them can be followed at once with @hugocerqueira.bsky.social's HET starter pack here
bsky.app/starter-pack...
December 20, 2024 at 3:49 PM
I've created a list to follow new works, events and news related the history of economics (including some philosophers)
bsky.app/profile/unde...
And most of them can be followed at once with @hugocerqueira.bsky.social's HET starter pack here
bsky.app/starter-pack...
bsky.app/profile/unde...
And most of them can be followed at once with @hugocerqueira.bsky.social's HET starter pack here
bsky.app/starter-pack...
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If we could record all neurons we still would not know how they communicate: medium.com/@kording/628...
Would recording all neurons reveal their interactions?
For years, I was captivated by the idea that if we could record the activity of every neuron in the brain, we’d eventually crack the code…
medium.com
February 26, 2025 at 7:36 PM
If we could record all neurons we still would not know how they communicate: medium.com/@kording/628...
Sounds like something Gregg Henriques would have an opinion on (reducing conceptual clutter in psychological science...through an unified theory of knowledge)
How can we reduce conceptual clutter in the psychological sciences?
@ruimata.bsky.social and I propose a solution based on a fine-tuned 🤖 LLM (bit.ly/mpnet-pers) and test it for 🎭 personality psychology.
The paper is finally out in @natrevpsych.bsky.social: go.nature.com/4bEaaja
@ruimata.bsky.social and I propose a solution based on a fine-tuned 🤖 LLM (bit.ly/mpnet-pers) and test it for 🎭 personality psychology.
The paper is finally out in @natrevpsych.bsky.social: go.nature.com/4bEaaja
March 12, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Sounds like something Gregg Henriques would have an opinion on (reducing conceptual clutter in psychological science...through an unified theory of knowledge)
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A recent paper by @annaleptikon.bsky.social et al. argues that organismic agency is not computational in nature. This week for #complexitycat I not only review that paper but also discuss how the notion of computation used by the authors is narrow... 1/2🐈⬛
amahury.github.io/posts/review...
amahury.github.io/posts/review...
Review Naturalizing relevance realization: why agency and cognition are fundamentally not computational
Recently, dynamic trialectics has been proposed to show that life features such as cognition and agency are not algorithmic in nature. This perspective builds on classical notions of computation, leav...
amahury.github.io
February 21, 2025 at 3:03 PM
A recent paper by @annaleptikon.bsky.social et al. argues that organismic agency is not computational in nature. This week for #complexitycat I not only review that paper but also discuss how the notion of computation used by the authors is narrow... 1/2🐈⬛
amahury.github.io/posts/review...
amahury.github.io/posts/review...
I recently joined the Sky Meadow Institute as a Research Consultant and Brendan Graham Dempsey (Founder) invited me to discuss the intersection of our works (meta-rationality and the meaning paradigm) and my newest theory, autopoiethics, on his Metamodern Meaning Podcast.
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February 2, 2025 at 7:53 AM
I recently joined the Sky Meadow Institute as a Research Consultant and Brendan Graham Dempsey (Founder) invited me to discuss the intersection of our works (meta-rationality and the meaning paradigm) and my newest theory, autopoiethics, on his Metamodern Meaning Podcast.
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Boycotting X (formerly Twitter) out of disagreement with its owner or given the rise of objectionable content strikes me as counterproductive.
The harm to the information ecology from removing reasonable voices (especially from scientists) outweighs any symbolic impact of the boycott. (1/3)
The harm to the information ecology from removing reasonable voices (especially from scientists) outweighs any symbolic impact of the boycott. (1/3)
January 20, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Boycotting X (formerly Twitter) out of disagreement with its owner or given the rise of objectionable content strikes me as counterproductive.
The harm to the information ecology from removing reasonable voices (especially from scientists) outweighs any symbolic impact of the boycott. (1/3)
The harm to the information ecology from removing reasonable voices (especially from scientists) outweighs any symbolic impact of the boycott. (1/3)
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Paul Feyerabend was born OTD in 1924.
Knowledge is not a body of consistent theories converging on truth. It is “an ever increasing ocean of mutually incompatible … alternatives, each single theory, each fairy tale, each myth … forcing the others into greater articulation.”
🧪🦋🦫 #PhilSci #STS
Knowledge is not a body of consistent theories converging on truth. It is “an ever increasing ocean of mutually incompatible … alternatives, each single theory, each fairy tale, each myth … forcing the others into greater articulation.”
🧪🦋🦫 #PhilSci #STS
January 13, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Q: What does the B in 'Benoit B. Mandelbrot' stand for?
A: For 'Benoit B. Mandelbrot'.
A: For 'Benoit B. Mandelbrot'.
January 14, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Q: What does the B in 'Benoit B. Mandelbrot' stand for?
A: For 'Benoit B. Mandelbrot'.
A: For 'Benoit B. Mandelbrot'.
Some of the books I read in 2024
January 14, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Some of the books I read in 2024