Ayush Prakash Podcast

This is episode 111.

Richard S. Ascough is Professor of Religion Queen?s University in Kingston, Canada.

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This is episode 110.

Amarnath Amarasingam is an Assistant Professor in the School of Religion, and is cross-appointed to the Department of Political Studies, at Queen’s University in Ontario, Canada. He is also a Senior Fellow with the International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation. His research interests are in terrorism, radicalization and extremism, online communities, diaspora politics, post-war reconstruction, and the sociology of religion. He is the author of Pain, Pride, and Politics: Sri Lankan Tamil Activism in Canada (2015), and the co-editor of Sri Lanka: The Struggle for Peace in the Aftermath of War (2016). He has also published over 40 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters, has presented papers at over 100 national and international conferences, and has written for The New York Times, The Monkey Case, The Washington Post, CNN, Politico, The Atlantic, and Foreign Affairs. He has been interviewed on CNN, PBS Newshour, CBC, BBC, and a variety of other media outlets. 

Amarasingam is an experienced field researcher, having conducted hundreds of interviews for his PhD dissertation on social movement activism, organizational dynamics, and youth identity in the Sri Lankan Tamil diaspora. He also conducted over 50 interviews with former fighters of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE, or Tamil Tigers) throughout the former war zones of Sri Lanka in 2013 and 2014. He has also conducted field research in Syria, Iraq, Morocco, Somalia, Lebanon, and Israel/Palestine. He co-directed a study on foreign fighters in Syria and Iraq, based at the University of Waterloo, for six years during which he conducted numerous social media and in-person interviews with current and former foreign fighters in Syria and Iraq, as well as parents and close friends of those who traveled to fight.

Connect with Dr. Amarasingam:

Twitter:  @AmarAmarasingam  

YouTube: @AmarAmarasingam

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What if intelligence begins with movement rather than language? Dr. Viviane Clay, Executive Director of the Thousand Brains Project, explains why brains learn through continuous interaction with the world and why that matters for building human-like AI.

Viviane describes how grid cells and place cells create models of environments, how cortical columns may act as repeated general-purpose learning units, and how reference frames allow people to learn and adapt without thousands of examples. We discuss why language may be a late addition to intelligence, why large language models differ from human learning, and how machines could share knowledge without communicating through words.

The conversation then turns to the open-source Thousand Brains Project. Viviane explains how sensorimotor systems could learn through robots, virtual environments and non-human sensors; how cortical columns reach consensus through voting; and why the project implements computational principles from the neocortex without attempting whole-brain emulation. We close with open research, AI safety, the enduring uses of deep learning and how young people can learn by building projects in a rapidly changing field.

Chapters:
00:00 Why intelligence begins with movement
01:56 Grid cells and world models
04:17 Language as a late addition
08:33 Why language differs from intelligence
10:22 How machines could share knowledge
11:18 The Thousand Brains Theory
14:12 Cortical columns and compositional structure
16:07 Neuroplasticity and general computation
18:08 Can neuroscience produce human-like AI?
19:57 Learning through robots and virtual spaces
22:23 Brain interfaces versus brain emulation
24:39 How cortical columns vote
28:45 Adaptability through reference frames
32:27 Why the project became open source
37:17 What comes after deep learning?
40:36 Why understanding AI reduces fear
44:08 Learning in a fast-changing world
47:39 The one problem Viviane would solve
49:12 Where to find the project

Connect with Viviane Clay and the Thousand Brains Project:
Project: https://thousandbrains.org/
Documentation: https://docs.thousandbrains.org/
GitHub: https://github.com/thousandbrainsproject/tbp.monty
Numenta: https://www.numenta.com/

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Books:
AI for Gen Z: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0981182135

This is episode 108.

Dr. Bonnie Halpern-Felsher, PhD, FSAHM is a professor of pediatrics and adolescent medicine and a developmental psychologist at Stanford University School of Medicine. Dr. Halpern-Felsher is a world expert in adolescent decision-making and risk-taking behaviors. Connect with Dr. Bonnie: REACH Lab: https://stan.md/4aJvYsCTobacco Prevention Toolkit Resources: https://stan.md/3Q9l1IsCannabis Awareness & Prevention Toolkit: https://stan.md/3JrsD5xVaping Information, Solutions and Interventions Toolkit: https://stan.md/3Q7K66r-Info: Spotify: https://sptfy.com/O2uWApple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3qXL37WFull episodes playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCgU9D4fIV2pSPDElLqX0l4sxOi_l3e-2 Clips playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCgU9D4fIV2r7cCBdKt0VKWlAn6xMz3E9 Connect: Website: https://ayushprakash.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/prakash-ayush/ Instagram: instagram.com/ayushprxBooks: AI for Gen Z: https://www.amazon.ca/AI-Gen-Story-Technology-Society/dp/0981182151/

This is Episode 107. 

Sheldon Solomon is an American social psychologist. He is a professor of psychology at Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, New York.

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Books: 

AI for Gen Z: https://www.amazon.ca/AI-Gen-Story-Technology-Society/dp/0981182151/

Jeremi Suri is the Mack Brown Distinguished Professor for Global Leadership, History, and Public Policy at the University of Texas at Austin.

Connect with Dr. Suri: 

Website: https://www.jeremisuri.net

Podcast: http://notevenpast.org

Substack: https://substack.com/@jeremiandzacharysuri

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Welcome to Episode 105. 

Graeme Garrard is a Canadian political theorist and writer. He is Professor of Politics at Cardiff University in the UK.

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X (formerly Twitter): https://x.com/GarrardGraeme

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Graeme-Garrard/author/B001HO9JVE/

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This is episode 104 of the Gen Z Diplomat Podcast. 

Jill Sitnick has a Master of Science in Instructional Technology, a Bachelor of Science in English, and over 25 years of educational technology experience. She is the author of "Rescuing Jill: How MDMA with a Dash of Mushrooms Healed My Childhood Trauma-Induced PTSD." 

Connect with Jill: 

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jillsitnick/

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Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B09XN49QD2

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AI for Gen Z: https://www.amazon.ca/AI-Gen-Story-Technology-Society/dp/0981182151/

This is episode 103 of the Gen Z Diplomat Podcast.Scott Aaronson is an American theoretical computer scientist and Schlumberger Centennial Chair of Computer Science at the University of Texas at Austin. His primary areas of research are computational complexity theory and quantum computing.Connect with Scott:https://scottaaronson.blog-00:00: Regular podcast.33:16: Bitcoin for you scallywags.40:00: More regular podcast.-Info: Spotify: https://sptfy.com/O2uWApple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3qXL37WConnect: Website: https://ayushprakash.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/prakash-ayush/ Instagram: instagram.com/ayushprxBooks: AI for Gen Z: https://www.amazon.ca/AI-Gen-Story-Technology-Society/dp/0981182151/

This is episode 102 of the Gen Z Diplomat Podcast.

Yaron Brook is a objectivist philosopher, podcaster, and author. Dr. Brook authors works that inspire critical thinking. His most recent book, “In Pursuit of Wealth: The Moral Case for Finance,” makes the case that few industries are more vital to our prosperity – and more maligned – than the financial industry. Brook and coauthor Don Watkins explain why finance has faced so much criticism, and why, despite the conventional image of financiers as “greedy” and reckless, finance is a moral industry. Brook and Watkins also authored national best seller “Free Market Revolution: How Ayn Rand’s Ideas Can End Big Government” and “Equal Is Unfair: America’s Misguided Fight Against Income Inequality.”

Connect with Yaron: 

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCabMx-URCjr2toe9wOE3Y-Q

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Books: 

AI for Gen Z: https://www.amazon.ca/AI-Gen-Story-Technology-Society/dp/0981182151/