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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?...
youtu.be/FzFFeRVEdUM?...
"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… ✨
✨New preprint✨
New preprint with Giovanni Pezzulo:
arxiv.org/abs/2602.08079
Bootstrapping Life-Inspired Machine Intelligence: The Biological Route from Chemistry to Cognition and Creativity
arxiv.org/abs/2602.08079
Bootstrapping Life-Inspired Machine Intelligence: The Biological Route from Chemistry to Cognition and Creativity
Bootstrapping Life-Inspired Machine Intelligence: The Biological Route from Chemistry to Cognition and Creativity
Achieving advanced machine intelligence remains a central challenge in AI research, often approached through scaling neural architectures and generative models. However, biological systems offer a bro...
arxiv.org
February 10, 2026 at 11:16 PM
✨New preprint✨
Nice chat… ✨😊✨
The recording of my book chat on Artificial Humanities at Townsend Center for Humanities is now available:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yLM...
@uofmpress.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yLM...
@uofmpress.bsky.social
Nina Beguš Book Chat
YouTube video by Townsend Center for the Humanities
www.youtube.com
February 10, 2026 at 11:15 PM
Nice chat… ✨😊✨
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- AI has a physical interior space.
- By exploring language’s uncharted cognitive terrain both in humans and machines, we bring attention to the interiority of speech in brains and in computational models.
- By exploring language’s uncharted cognitive terrain both in humans and machines, we bring attention to the interiority of speech in brains and in computational models.
February 7, 2026 at 10:06 AM
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Fourteen 8K cameras will track figure skaters at the 2026 Winter #Olympics. Real time #AI measures jump heights, air times, landing speeds, and body position in three dimensions. Spectators will see heat maps and performance overlays as events unfold. #SportsTech
How Will AI Transform Figure Skating Judging at the Olympics?
How will AI and 8K cameras transform figure skating at the 2026 Winter Olympics?
spectrum.ieee.org
February 4, 2026 at 5:05 PM
Fourteen 8K cameras will track figure skaters at the 2026 Winter #Olympics. Real time #AI measures jump heights, air times, landing speeds, and body position in three dimensions. Spectators will see heat maps and performance overlays as events unfold. #SportsTech
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Space and object permanence.
@chrisfields38.bsky.social in addition to connecting time and identity does the same with space. When we see a ball moving, we must assume it is the same ball and not the series of balls disappearing and appearing - we need identity assumption to perceive something
@chrisfields38.bsky.social in addition to connecting time and identity does the same with space. When we see a ball moving, we must assume it is the same ball and not the series of balls disappearing and appearing - we need identity assumption to perceive something
February 4, 2026 at 11:39 PM
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Call for Contributions for a NeuroImage Special Issue led by Merle Fairhurst (CeTI/@tudresden.bsky.social) and
@nicohinrichs.bsky.social (@mpicbs.bsky.social)
Focus: hyperscanning, inter-brain coupling, multimodal neuroimaging, VR/AR/haptics and computational model
@nicohinrichs.bsky.social (@mpicbs.bsky.social)
Focus: hyperscanning, inter-brain coupling, multimodal neuroimaging, VR/AR/haptics and computational model
February 4, 2026 at 11:37 PM
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Data center operators are searching for trained and qualified electrical #engineers amid a boom in their field. Technical colleges and universities are adding new programs to meet demands. spectrum.ieee.org/ai-data-cent...
January 30, 2026 at 4:11 PM
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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”
youtube.com/shorts/qQ4Gf...
✨Jeff Hawkins and @vivianeclay.bsky.social give a summary of today’s research meeting “Exploring How Cortical Columns Learn Behavior and Causality”
youtube.com/shorts/qQ4Gf...
Summary - Exploring How Cortical Columns Learn Behavior and Causality #sensorimotorai
YouTube video by Thousand Brains Project
youtube.com
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
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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…
Reposted by DeBarra Shaw
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
Reposted by DeBarra Shaw
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. 🥂