Thoughts on the science and philosophy of embodied minds, and the lives that can be; the more personal, broader complement to my laboratory research on the biophysical mechanisms of embodied intelligence.
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Current and Future Content Includes:
- Essays on biology, AI, philosophy, and relevant fiction
- Biographies of people who have had an influence on me
- Transcripts of internal conversations on issues of science and philosophy
- Interviews with remarkable scientists: established stars across fields, and introductions to new young researchers
- Software/code for productivity and/or fun
- AI- and mathematically-generated art
- Favorite links to others’ content
- Notes on messages I try to transmit to my students – from personal advice (coming into, or leaving, the lab) to class materials
- Notifications of new findings from our lab, with explanations for the interested public
- Ask-Me-Anything events (Q&A sessions)
- Photography (nature, infrared, and macrophotography)
- Complete list of books in my library and occasional book reviews
- My whole Endnote library of references (curated list of science papers I cite)
- Infographics and other downloadable educational content such as Powerpoint slides
- Personal recommendations for science books, sci-fi, etc.
- What our group is currently working on and how I see the work developing in the future
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A brief breakdown of the public material I make available and what exists at each location.
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Host page for the first Symposium on the Platonic Space
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Some images produced by Midjourney and Dalle3
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Some nature photography of a storm at the ocean and the recovery afterward.
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A set of nature photographs – sky, water, light, plants. No AI, no creative filters, just nature.
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A farewell to philosopher Daniel C. Dennett.
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A short story of my attempts to send precious samples overseas, and insure them. Theological implications thereof.
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A set of nature photographs – sky, water, light, plants. No AI, no creative filters, just nature.
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The old story of Adam naming the animals in the Garden of Eden is a good jumping off point for discussing the true nature of the novel chimeric and artificial beings with whom we will increasingly share our world.
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A discussion of how competition between body components leads to improved morphogenesis in plants and animals. In our simulations, evolution consistently chose a strategy of self-imposed limitations of resources, and competition for them among, cells within the body. It favored organisms that pit their parts against each other, generating conflict, competition, and artificial scarcity of…
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A discussion on fields, minds, and the binding problem.
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Some free verse inspired by a great poem, from the perspective of my TAME framework and the field of Diverse Intelligence.