Kevin Mitchell
@wiringthebrain
Neurogeneticist interested in the relations between genes, brains, and minds. Author of INNATE (2018) and FREE AGENTS (2023)
The Fundamental Limit of Quantum Computing (FLQC) philpapers.org/rec/MATTFL - I wonder what physics peeps make of this...
Congrats all! Very interesting, especially in relation to discussions at #AISB meeting on what it would take for an artificial system to be conscious. (I'd say it has to be living first) Also, Mike, what is my prize for occupying the centroid here? 😉
A terrific talk by @philipcball.bsky.social on The Space of Possible Minds
Just waiting for @anilseth.bsky.social to tell us why AI can not be conscious!
Looking forward to speaking with @statsepi.bsky.social at this @irishrepronetwork.bsky.social event today! 😊 Autism and the Microbiome - a Road to Nowhere?
Gorgeous morning on the velvet strand… 😊 Good spot for thinking big thoughts 🤔
Had fun talking about "AI and Free Will" at a local symposium on Health Sciences in the Digital Age last week...
The quiet collapse of British universities www.arguably.uk?utm_source=n... - a horror story of vandalism and neglect
And all these other con artists can fuck off into the sun too...
Towers of Europa, by Anton Shekhovtsov shekhovtsov.substack.com?utm_source=n... - an insightful analysis of "techno-oligarchy" compared to traditional fascism. This is a new enemy...
Really looking forward to this meeting, "Beyond Neuro-computationalism" in Antwerp this week! 😀 www.uantwerpen.be/en/research-... cc @marcofacchin.bsky.social
An important breakdown of the foundations, motivations, and strategies of the anti-science movement...
Indeterminism and the physics of open neural dynamics www.cell.com/trends-open/... - the brain is not a deterministic system
Evolvable AI: Threats of a new major transition in evolution www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... - a provocative paper, highlighting the dangers of evolvable AI
Looking forward to presenting tomorrow in this excellent series on Representations! 😊 www.pe.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/philosophie/...