Imy Khan
@imytk.bsky.social
Mercenary Researcher For Hire.
ALIFE ● Embodied/Affective/Social Cognition ● AI ● HRI ● CogSci
http://imytk.co.uk
ALIFE ● Embodied/Affective/Social Cognition ● AI ● HRI ● CogSci
http://imytk.co.uk
Does not work. Will not work.
Current evidence has suggested that robots are not solving this problem, and oftentimes making things worse. Why are we still believing this?
Big Robot funding this narrative probably :/
Article may be paywalled, but it's here:
www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...
Current evidence has suggested that robots are not solving this problem, and oftentimes making things worse. Why are we still believing this?
Big Robot funding this narrative probably :/
Article may be paywalled, but it's here:
www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...
October 27, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Does not work. Will not work.
Current evidence has suggested that robots are not solving this problem, and oftentimes making things worse. Why are we still believing this?
Big Robot funding this narrative probably :/
Article may be paywalled, but it's here:
www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...
Current evidence has suggested that robots are not solving this problem, and oftentimes making things worse. Why are we still believing this?
Big Robot funding this narrative probably :/
Article may be paywalled, but it's here:
www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...
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Hey #ALIFE2025 people! Have you heard of Assembly Theory? A month ago, I wrote a good, objective essay summarizing AT's contributions, limitations, and possible improvements. It's perfect if you don't want to read all the critiques and counter-critiques that have been written!
As a promising avenue for unifying physics and biology, assembly theory (AT) has been subject of controversy, being both praised and refuted at the same time.
What is its current status? Has it really quantified selection and evolution?/1
#complexitycat🐈⬛
amahury.github.io/posts/demyst...
What is its current status? Has it really quantified selection and evolution?/1
#complexitycat🐈⬛
amahury.github.io/posts/demyst...
Demystifying Assembly Theory
“It doesn’t make any difference how beautiful your guess is, it doesn’t matter how smart you are who made the guess, or what his name is … If it disagrees with experiment, it’s wrong. That’s all there...
amahury.github.io
October 10, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Hey #ALIFE2025 people! Have you heard of Assembly Theory? A month ago, I wrote a good, objective essay summarizing AT's contributions, limitations, and possible improvements. It's perfect if you don't want to read all the critiques and counter-critiques that have been written!
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Can't decide between "Knight of the Thimble", "fish-bender", and "Count as female" so I'll leave the choice to you
Tag yourself. I am fatuous pauper.
October 13, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Can't decide between "Knight of the Thimble", "fish-bender", and "Count as female" so I'll leave the choice to you
Almost back home after an extremely busy, and EXTREMELY fun, @alife2025.bsky.social. I had an absolute blast and my mind and heart are FULL.
I am so fortunate to be part of this community. It continues to set the standard for what a scientific community & conference needs to be. You're all awesome!
I am so fortunate to be part of this community. It continues to set the standard for what a scientific community & conference needs to be. You're all awesome!
October 13, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Almost back home after an extremely busy, and EXTREMELY fun, @alife2025.bsky.social. I had an absolute blast and my mind and heart are FULL.
I am so fortunate to be part of this community. It continues to set the standard for what a scientific community & conference needs to be. You're all awesome!
I am so fortunate to be part of this community. It continues to set the standard for what a scientific community & conference needs to be. You're all awesome!
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This year's ALICE guest speakers 🧑🔬
- Angel Goñi-Moreno - @angelgm.bsky.social
- Alyssa Adams - @alyssa-m-adams.bsky.social
- Alexander Mordvintsev
- Eric Medvet - @ericmedvetts.bsky.social
- Kyrre Glette - @kyrre2000.bsky.social
- Stefano Nichele - @stenichele.bsky.social
- Susan Stepney
- Angel Goñi-Moreno - @angelgm.bsky.social
- Alyssa Adams - @alyssa-m-adams.bsky.social
- Alexander Mordvintsev
- Eric Medvet - @ericmedvetts.bsky.social
- Kyrre Glette - @kyrre2000.bsky.social
- Stefano Nichele - @stenichele.bsky.social
- Susan Stepney
October 13, 2025 at 10:06 AM
This year's ALICE guest speakers 🧑🔬
- Angel Goñi-Moreno - @angelgm.bsky.social
- Alyssa Adams - @alyssa-m-adams.bsky.social
- Alexander Mordvintsev
- Eric Medvet - @ericmedvetts.bsky.social
- Kyrre Glette - @kyrre2000.bsky.social
- Stefano Nichele - @stenichele.bsky.social
- Susan Stepney
- Angel Goñi-Moreno - @angelgm.bsky.social
- Alyssa Adams - @alyssa-m-adams.bsky.social
- Alexander Mordvintsev
- Eric Medvet - @ericmedvetts.bsky.social
- Kyrre Glette - @kyrre2000.bsky.social
- Stefano Nichele - @stenichele.bsky.social
- Susan Stepney
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Richard Löffler creates lifelike oil droplets during the public event at #ALIFE2025. ⚙️🧫
October 8, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Richard Löffler creates lifelike oil droplets during the public event at #ALIFE2025. ⚙️🧫
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Now @imytk.bsky.social introduces us to his computational framework of bio-inspired adaptive systems using social allostatic principles. He followed up his model showing empirical testing of it.
#ALIFE2025
#ALIFE2025
October 8, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Now @imytk.bsky.social introduces us to his computational framework of bio-inspired adaptive systems using social allostatic principles. He followed up his model showing empirical testing of it.
#ALIFE2025
#ALIFE2025
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We put a lot of effort into creating this year’s MiniCon with lots of exciting talks! The best of it - it is free for everyone! So if you are in Kyoto this Sunday please sign up and join 🙂↕️
#ALIFE2025 #ERA
#ALIFE2025 #ERA
Not sure if you should join ERA MiniCon 5th October opening Alife 2025, now you can decide! Check out our schedule and sign up here: forms.gle/wbJpThRnjXmZ...
September 30, 2025 at 3:50 PM
We put a lot of effort into creating this year’s MiniCon with lots of exciting talks! The best of it - it is free for everyone! So if you are in Kyoto this Sunday please sign up and join 🙂↕️
#ALIFE2025 #ERA
#ALIFE2025 #ERA
Hello Japan! And see you soon @alife2025.bsky.social!
October 2, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Hello Japan! And see you soon @alife2025.bsky.social!
ERA MiniCon is a blast, and your gateway drug into the conference and the community! All free of charge, come through!
ERA MiniCon is back with its 2nd edition this year (FREE OF CHARGE 🎉)!
Join us and soft-start your #ALIFE2025 conference with #ERA!
⬇️ x 2
Join us and soft-start your #ALIFE2025 conference with #ERA!
⬇️ x 2
September 26, 2025 at 8:22 AM
ERA MiniCon is a blast, and your gateway drug into the conference and the community! All free of charge, come through!
If you're coming to @alife2025.bsky.social and have ideas (even half-baked ideas) for how we can improve #ALIFE outreach efforts, please:
- add them in the link below
- join us on Monday 6th October 9am to see if we can bring these ideas to fruition!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
- add them in the link below
- join us on Monday 6th October 9am to see if we can bring these ideas to fruition!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
September 20, 2025 at 8:38 AM
If you're coming to @alife2025.bsky.social and have ideas (even half-baked ideas) for how we can improve #ALIFE outreach efforts, please:
- add them in the link below
- join us on Monday 6th October 9am to see if we can bring these ideas to fruition!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
- add them in the link below
- join us on Monday 6th October 9am to see if we can bring these ideas to fruition!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Incredibly high house prices, unaffordable rent, a moderate-high amount of tourism, in a *very* small city that's filled with students and old old money...
(That being said, Cambridge is beautiful and my favourite restaurant is there but I'm not sure I would want to live there either 🤔)
(That being said, Cambridge is beautiful and my favourite restaurant is there but I'm not sure I would want to live there either 🤔)
'Remarkable decline' in life satisfaction reported in Cambridge - BBC News
Figures on health and wellbeing are included in a 'State of the Region' report for Cambridgeshire.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 10, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Incredibly high house prices, unaffordable rent, a moderate-high amount of tourism, in a *very* small city that's filled with students and old old money...
(That being said, Cambridge is beautiful and my favourite restaurant is there but I'm not sure I would want to live there either 🤔)
(That being said, Cambridge is beautiful and my favourite restaurant is there but I'm not sure I would want to live there either 🤔)
Ah yes, very normal behaviour when you want to negotiate a peace deal to not turn up, and instead send 15 planes to kill the other party. And to do it to a country that has continually hosted these negotiations for you. Yes, completely normal behaviour by a state that wants nothing but peace.
The U.S. had advance knowledge of the Israeli strike against Hamas leaders in Qatar, AP sources say.
Follow live updates.
Follow live updates.
Live updates: Israel says it targeted Hamas leadership in Qatar's capital as blast is heard in Doha
Israel launched a strike targeting Hamas' leadership in Qatar on Tuesday, officials said, further widening its campaign against the militant group, as negotiations over ending the war in the Gaza Strip appear stalemated before a new military offensive there.
bit.ly
September 9, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Ah yes, very normal behaviour when you want to negotiate a peace deal to not turn up, and instead send 15 planes to kill the other party. And to do it to a country that has continually hosted these negotiations for you. Yes, completely normal behaviour by a state that wants nothing but peace.
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Meet Emerging Researchers in #ALIFE2025 at MiniCon October 5th!
Warm up and join us the day before the conference for valuable insights on building your research career!
MiniCon is a series of career-oriented lectures and events designed for researchers.
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Warm up and join us the day before the conference for valuable insights on building your research career!
MiniCon is a series of career-oriented lectures and events designed for researchers.
⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️
September 2, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Meet Emerging Researchers in #ALIFE2025 at MiniCon October 5th!
Warm up and join us the day before the conference for valuable insights on building your research career!
MiniCon is a series of career-oriented lectures and events designed for researchers.
⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️
Warm up and join us the day before the conference for valuable insights on building your research career!
MiniCon is a series of career-oriented lectures and events designed for researchers.
⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️
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This follows the call published in the Lancet for all professional and academic associations to “break the selective silence on the genocide in Gaza” and fulfil their moral responsibility by speaking out.
Find the call here and support it by signing their petition:
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Find the call here and support it by signing their petition:
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Break the selective silence on the genocide in Gaza
Substantial and well-documented evidence indicates a catastrophic public health emergency
in Gaza (appendix pp 1–5), marked by severe food insecurity and alarming levels of
malnutrition-related deaths...
www.thelancet.com
September 3, 2025 at 3:39 PM
This follows the call published in the Lancet for all professional and academic associations to “break the selective silence on the genocide in Gaza” and fulfil their moral responsibility by speaking out.
Find the call here and support it by signing their petition:
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Find the call here and support it by signing their petition:
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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This is a call for the Complex Systems Society to stand with other academic organizations and publicly condemn the ongoing genocide in Gaza 🇵🇸
Add your name to the letter here:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Add your name to the letter here:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
CSS, recognize the genocide in Gaza!
This is a call to all members of the Complex Systems Society.
We ask the CSS to join other academic organisations in publicly condemning the ongoing genocide in Gaza.
We ask you to sign the letter be...
docs.google.com
September 3, 2025 at 3:19 PM
This is a call for the Complex Systems Society to stand with other academic organizations and publicly condemn the ongoing genocide in Gaza 🇵🇸
Add your name to the letter here:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Add your name to the letter here:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
#Workshop Call!
Does ALIFE have a "marketing problem" ?
We think so - and we're trying to do something about it!
Come help us, at the Societal Outreach Initiatives for Artificial Life Workshop #ALIFE2025.
More details: imytk.github.io/blog/2025/al...
@alife2025.bsky.social
Does ALIFE have a "marketing problem" ?
We think so - and we're trying to do something about it!
Come help us, at the Societal Outreach Initiatives for Artificial Life Workshop #ALIFE2025.
More details: imytk.github.io/blog/2025/al...
@alife2025.bsky.social
September 3, 2025 at 10:31 AM
#Workshop Call!
Does ALIFE have a "marketing problem" ?
We think so - and we're trying to do something about it!
Come help us, at the Societal Outreach Initiatives for Artificial Life Workshop #ALIFE2025.
More details: imytk.github.io/blog/2025/al...
@alife2025.bsky.social
Does ALIFE have a "marketing problem" ?
We think so - and we're trying to do something about it!
Come help us, at the Societal Outreach Initiatives for Artificial Life Workshop #ALIFE2025.
More details: imytk.github.io/blog/2025/al...
@alife2025.bsky.social
Just seen a conference registration fee at just $1600 ($1400 early bird)...
At what point can we just admit that this system is completely nonsensical and that we need to cull it and start over?
Absolute shambles.
At what point can we just admit that this system is completely nonsensical and that we need to cull it and start over?
Absolute shambles.
August 23, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Just seen a conference registration fee at just $1600 ($1400 early bird)...
At what point can we just admit that this system is completely nonsensical and that we need to cull it and start over?
Absolute shambles.
At what point can we just admit that this system is completely nonsensical and that we need to cull it and start over?
Absolute shambles.
Pretty sure that when I tell the Amazon chatbot that I'd like to speak to an associate, they say, "okay" and pass me over to another chatbot. 😫🥸
August 21, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Pretty sure that when I tell the Amazon chatbot that I'd like to speak to an associate, they say, "okay" and pass me over to another chatbot. 😫🥸
Pre-print is up for my paper to be presented at #ALIFE2025 @alife2025.bsky.social!
[Social] Allostasis: Or, How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love The Noise
tl;dr: Systems that leverage social & environmental "noise" for reconfiguration of internal parameters > systems that react to and resist it
[Social] Allostasis: Or, How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love The Noise
tl;dr: Systems that leverage social & environmental "noise" for reconfiguration of internal parameters > systems that react to and resist it
[Social] Allostasis: Or, How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love The Noise
The notion of homeostasis typically conceptualises biological and artificial systems as maintaining stability by resisting deviations caused by environmental and social perturbations. In contrast, (so...
doi.org
August 19, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Pre-print is up for my paper to be presented at #ALIFE2025 @alife2025.bsky.social!
[Social] Allostasis: Or, How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love The Noise
tl;dr: Systems that leverage social & environmental "noise" for reconfiguration of internal parameters > systems that react to and resist it
[Social] Allostasis: Or, How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love The Noise
tl;dr: Systems that leverage social & environmental "noise" for reconfiguration of internal parameters > systems that react to and resist it
Such a great contest!
And a well-deserved winner! 🐱 😸
And a well-deserved winner! 🐱 😸
Announcing the results of our mascot design contest!
We want to thank all of the amazing artists and community members who took the time to conceptualize and submit their designs to try and become the mascot for #ALIFE2025.
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We want to thank all of the amazing artists and community members who took the time to conceptualize and submit their designs to try and become the mascot for #ALIFE2025.
⬇️ ⬇️
August 19, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Such a great contest!
And a well-deserved winner! 🐱 😸
And a well-deserved winner! 🐱 😸
me: *adds two words to manuscript*
LaTeX: *spills four lines over to the next page*
LaTeX: *spills four lines over to the next page*
August 7, 2025 at 11:06 AM
me: *adds two words to manuscript*
LaTeX: *spills four lines over to the next page*
LaTeX: *spills four lines over to the next page*
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📣 Decisions are out for Full Papers & Summaries!
Camera-Ready Versions Due Aug 18th 2025 (AoE)
We’re delighted to announce that notifications for full paper & summary submissions were released on Monday, 4 August 2025. Authors, please check your emails!
📣 Decisions are out for Full Papers & Summaries!
Camera-Ready Versions Due Aug 18th 2025 (AoE)
We’re delighted to announce that notifications for full paper & summary submissions were released on Monday, 4 August 2025. Authors, please check your emails!
August 4, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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📣 Decisions are out for Full Papers & Summaries!
Camera-Ready Versions Due Aug 18th 2025 (AoE)
We’re delighted to announce that notifications for full paper & summary submissions were released on Monday, 4 August 2025. Authors, please check your emails!
📣 Decisions are out for Full Papers & Summaries!
Camera-Ready Versions Due Aug 18th 2025 (AoE)
We’re delighted to announce that notifications for full paper & summary submissions were released on Monday, 4 August 2025. Authors, please check your emails!
August 4, 2025 at 4:56 AM
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