Kristina Šekrst
@epiphenomenal
🥸 Philosopher of AI, mind, cybernetics & astrobiology. Principal software engineer. Crazy cat lady. Egyptologist in former life. Bores people to death with dinosaur facts. 🧙 "The Illusion Engine: The Quest for Machine Consciousness": cogsci.online
also sorry for all the typos, i have half of a hand available for typing due to unforseen circumstances
I never replied faster in my life with I DO, even to my husband. The closest thing I'll be to an astronaut! #astrobiology #philosophy #science #philsky #cogsci
A new academic year is close and philosophy of #AI courses tend to treat either the philosophy or the technology as magic. I wrote The Illusion Engine (Springer, 2025) so students get both; a decade of both ML engineering and #philosophy went into it. Contact me for sample copies 🥰 #cogsci
Ok, now, my 39th birthday is coming up, but there's no need for insults even from predatory conferences.
Found another perfect cat at the British Museum. This one is basically ready for avocado toast, Eurovision and punk at the same time.
I am in the British Museum and feel like home due to all the #cats. Also reading #hieroglyphics aloud, so sorry if I accidentally wake sth up.
*Fungal Memory and Minimal Cognition* is now in TopiCS (@cogscisociety.bsky.social). Out yesterday. So is Croatia from the World Cup. 😅 Received in 2024, accepted in 2026. Feels only fair, since the paper argues for cognition at fungal speed. cogsci.online/wp-content/u... #cogsci #philosophy
Ron Chrisley stealing the show at AISB again. @keithfrankish.com YOU ARE HERE, see! #philosophy #philsky #philtwit
Amazing panel at AISB. #philsky #philosophy #philtwit #consciousness
@conjh.bsky.social opening the weirdest but coolest AISB session! #philosophy #philsky #philtwit
@johndorsch.bsky.social doing awesome things at AISB! #philsky #philosophy #philtwit
Kicking off day 2 at #AISB with @philipcball.bsky.social Obligatory "everyone misses Keith" tag @keithfrankish.com 🥰
AISB day 1: @anilseth.bsky.social doing standup as always 😁 Tagging @keithfrankish.com since he's jealous so I want to rub it in more. #philosophy #philsky #consciousness #cogsci
We made a baby. Out soon, 20% discount available (DM me). we're still poor but happy. #science #astronomy #astrobiology #philosophy www.cambridge.org/core/books/a...
I see Kafka also had to do major revisions for Reviewer 2. #philosophy #science
At this pace, it will be read by archaeologists. #philosophy #philsky #philtwit #cogsci #science
"Yes, I love old movies, how can you tell?" #philosophy #philsky #philtwit
We need this at conference venues. #philosophy #philtwit #philsky
I have been inside for so long writing two overdue papers for days, that I had a freakin Mary moment when I finally went outside. #philsky #philtwit #philosophy
Found newspapers in my dad’s shed from the 1969 Moon landing. I wonder if one day someone will find my old tweets and say, "Ah yes, this was humanity’s brave era of fighting strangers about consciousness online." #astronomy #philtwit #science #space
My paper "Fungal Memory and Minimal Cognition" is available as a preprint, TBP in Topics in Cognitive Science. Since it's an invitation-only issue, I am choosing to believe the fungi summoned me personally 😎 philpapers.org/rec/EKRFMA #cogsci #consci #cognition #fungi #philtwit #philsky #philosophy
Finally found the perfect opening slide for an atypical #cognition lecture. This guy has self-deception! I call him Árpád, but he looks like Rocky. #cogsci #consci #philsky #philosophysky #philosophy