Ben Hartl
@bhartl.bsky.social
Researching bio- and physics inspired collective intelligence
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Official version is out - aging as loss of goal-directedness:
advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
@bhartl.bsky.social
Léo Pio-Lopez
advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
@bhartl.bsky.social
Léo Pio-Lopez
Aging as a Loss of Goal‐Directedness: An Evolutionary Simulation and Analysis Unifying Regeneration with Anatomical Rejuvenation
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advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
October 15, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Official version is out - aging as loss of goal-directedness:
advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
@bhartl.bsky.social
Léo Pio-Lopez
advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
@bhartl.bsky.social
Léo Pio-Lopez
Reposted by Ben Hartl
New #preprint - @bhartl.bsky.social , Léo Pio-Lopez
arxiv.org/abs/2509.11131
"Neural cellular automata: applications to biology and beyond classical AI"
arxiv.org/abs/2509.11131
"Neural cellular automata: applications to biology and beyond classical AI"
Neural cellular automata: applications to biology and beyond classical AI
Neural Cellular Automata (NCA) represent a powerful framework for modeling biological self-organization, extending classical rule-based systems with trainable, differentiable (or evolvable) update rul...
arxiv.org
September 16, 2025 at 11:40 AM
New #preprint - @bhartl.bsky.social , Léo Pio-Lopez
arxiv.org/abs/2509.11131
"Neural cellular automata: applications to biology and beyond classical AI"
arxiv.org/abs/2509.11131
"Neural cellular automata: applications to biology and beyond classical AI"
July 4, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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Read this piece. It gives a great impression of #TCTeAC WoodstockBio2 & Night Science from one of the #Instigators. This is the next best thing to being there... I like the expression #BohemianFixers. Many thanks to them! Děkujeme.
thenode.biologists.com/from-posters...
thenode.biologists.com/from-posters...
From Posters to Parades: Inside Woodstock.Bio² & Night Science Conference - the Node
A fever dream of science and spirit wrapped in the forests of Bohemia. Here’s an escalating list — starting with the standard (though nothing was standard
thenode.biologists.com
June 26, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Read this piece. It gives a great impression of #TCTeAC WoodstockBio2 & Night Science from one of the #Instigators. This is the next best thing to being there... I like the expression #BohemianFixers. Many thanks to them! Děkujeme.
thenode.biologists.com/from-posters...
thenode.biologists.com/from-posters...
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New paper with @bhartl.bsky.social : "What does evolution make? Learning in living lineages and machines"
cell.com/trends/genet...
Genes code for proteins, but what is the relationship between the genome and the large-scale form and function of organisms? What is a good formalism for thinking
cell.com/trends/genet...
Genes code for proteins, but what is the relationship between the genome and the large-scale form and function of organisms? What is a good formalism for thinking
What does evolution make? Learning in living lineages and machines
How does genomic information unfold, to give rise to self-constructing living organisms
with problem-solving capacities at all levels of organization? We review recent progress
that unifies work in de...
cell.com
June 20, 2025 at 11:56 AM
New paper with @bhartl.bsky.social : "What does evolution make? Learning in living lineages and machines"
cell.com/trends/genet...
Genes code for proteins, but what is the relationship between the genome and the large-scale form and function of organisms? What is a good formalism for thinking
cell.com/trends/genet...
Genes code for proteins, but what is the relationship between the genome and the large-scale form and function of organisms? What is a good formalism for thinking
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Indeed Oded. Some Will think of #TCTeAC as escapism, but I think it was showing us how beautiful we can make this world if the guiding values are respect & trust, and if world leaders would adopt a vision that is based on hope instead of hatred. On collaboration instead of competition. 💚
June 18, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Indeed Oded. Some Will think of #TCTeAC as escapism, but I think it was showing us how beautiful we can make this world if the guiding values are respect & trust, and if world leaders would adopt a vision that is based on hope instead of hatred. On collaboration instead of competition. 💚
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A very short summary of "Data Visualization against fascism":
Fascism conceals truths, disregards evidence-based decision-making, and jeopardizes the education of the next generation. Standing up against means: MONITOR, EXPOSE, and EDUCATE. As scientists we are ready for this!
#TCTeAC
Fascism conceals truths, disregards evidence-based decision-making, and jeopardizes the education of the next generation. Standing up against means: MONITOR, EXPOSE, and EDUCATE. As scientists we are ready for this!
#TCTeAC
June 13, 2025 at 10:08 AM
A very short summary of "Data Visualization against fascism":
Fascism conceals truths, disregards evidence-based decision-making, and jeopardizes the education of the next generation. Standing up against means: MONITOR, EXPOSE, and EDUCATE. As scientists we are ready for this!
#TCTeAC
Fascism conceals truths, disregards evidence-based decision-making, and jeopardizes the education of the next generation. Standing up against means: MONITOR, EXPOSE, and EDUCATE. As scientists we are ready for this!
#TCTeAC
Let's not be #TCTeAC "The Conference To END All Conferences", but a new format of many more such events. Depating science outside of our typical nutshell (scientifically and mentally) has great potential - we could have come up with 50+ project proposals together. Let's bring fun back to science :)
June 14, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Let's not be #TCTeAC "The Conference To END All Conferences", but a new format of many more such events. Depating science outside of our typical nutshell (scientifically and mentally) has great potential - we could have come up with 50+ project proposals together. Let's bring fun back to science :)
#TCTeAC - the Woodstock of Biology2 & #nightscience - was such an amazing event!! We met great scientists who creatively presented their high quality work. We dreamt and discussed in a very broad, open-minded setting. Talking science outside of our nutshell can be soo valuable - let's do this again!
June 14, 2025 at 7:44 AM
#TCTeAC - the Woodstock of Biology2 & #nightscience - was such an amazing event!! We met great scientists who creatively presented their high quality work. We dreamt and discussed in a very broad, open-minded setting. Talking science outside of our nutshell can be soo valuable - let's do this again!
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Everybody is just talking about the fun #TCTeAC but the high quality of science, across a diverse range of fields, was equally impressive. Thanks to the organizers, such a unique event.
June 13, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Everybody is just talking about the fun #TCTeAC but the high quality of science, across a diverse range of fields, was equally impressive. Thanks to the organizers, such a unique event.
Reposted by Ben Hartl
June 11, 2025 at 8:08 AM
#fightforsciemce at #TCTeAC with #nightscience :) cell & gene people gather together.
(no scientist got hurt)
(no scientist got hurt)
June 12, 2025 at 11:00 AM
#fightforsciemce at #TCTeAC with #nightscience :) cell & gene people gather together.
(no scientist got hurt)
(no scientist got hurt)
#nightscience at #TCTeAC, hence the umbrella
June 12, 2025 at 10:42 AM
#nightscience at #TCTeAC, hence the umbrella
Over the last century, biologists developed a strong model of morphogenesis: the genome defines the microscopic hardware that sets the rules of how cells interact wich leads to the emergence of an organism.
We invite you to see this through the lens of collective and generative intelligence.
We invite you to see this through the lens of collective and generative intelligence.
Online Now! A new Opinion:
"What does evolution make? Learning in living lineages and machines"
by Benedikt Hartl (@bhartl.bsky.social) & Michael Levin (@drmichaellevin.bsky.social)
FREE access till July 30th with this link:
authors.elsevier.com/a/1lE%7EGcQb...
"What does evolution make? Learning in living lineages and machines"
by Benedikt Hartl (@bhartl.bsky.social) & Michael Levin (@drmichaellevin.bsky.social)
FREE access till July 30th with this link:
authors.elsevier.com/a/1lE%7EGcQb...
June 10, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Over the last century, biologists developed a strong model of morphogenesis: the genome defines the microscopic hardware that sets the rules of how cells interact wich leads to the emergence of an organism.
We invite you to see this through the lens of collective and generative intelligence.
We invite you to see this through the lens of collective and generative intelligence.
@woodstocknightsci.bsky.social we get to hear what we can learn from mantis shrimps :)
June 10, 2025 at 11:45 AM
@woodstocknightsci.bsky.social we get to hear what we can learn from mantis shrimps :)
@woodstocknightsci.bsky.social the conference to end all conferences
June 10, 2025 at 11:36 AM
@woodstocknightsci.bsky.social the conference to end all conferences
New #preprint with @drmichaellevin.bsky.social:
osf.io/r8z7c/
"What does evolution make? Learning in living lineages and machines."
Some thoughts about recent developments in collective AI and evolutionary developmental biology.
osf.io/r8z7c/
"What does evolution make? Learning in living lineages and machines."
Some thoughts about recent developments in collective AI and evolutionary developmental biology.
OSF
osf.io
January 25, 2025 at 12:04 PM
New #preprint with @drmichaellevin.bsky.social:
osf.io/r8z7c/
"What does evolution make? Learning in living lineages and machines."
Some thoughts about recent developments in collective AI and evolutionary developmental biology.
osf.io/r8z7c/
"What does evolution make? Learning in living lineages and machines."
Some thoughts about recent developments in collective AI and evolutionary developmental biology.
Reposted by Ben Hartl
New preprint with Nic Rouleau (allencenter.tufts.edu/nicolas-roul...) : what do the major theories of #consciousness say as to why it's specifically associated with brains?
osf.io/preprints/ps...
"Brains and Where Else? Mapping Theories of Consciousness to Unconventional Embodiments"
🧪
osf.io/preprints/ps...
"Brains and Where Else? Mapping Theories of Consciousness to Unconventional Embodiments"
🧪
OSF
osf.io
January 15, 2025 at 8:06 PM
New preprint with Nic Rouleau (allencenter.tufts.edu/nicolas-roul...) : what do the major theories of #consciousness say as to why it's specifically associated with brains?
osf.io/preprints/ps...
"Brains and Where Else? Mapping Theories of Consciousness to Unconventional Embodiments"
🧪
osf.io/preprints/ps...
"Brains and Where Else? Mapping Theories of Consciousness to Unconventional Embodiments"
🧪
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