Thoughtforms Life

By Michael Levin

A podcast by Professor Michael Levin exploring the frontiers of biology, cognition, and emergence. Engage in conversations about morphogenesis, bioelectricity, and synthetic life — and uncover how int... more

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February 03, 2024Mark Solms and Michael Levin Discuss Explicit and Implicit Behavioral Drives
A 1-hour conversation about our algorithms data (https://thoughtforms.life/what-do-algorithms-want-a-new-paper-on-the-emergence-of-surprising-behavior-in-the-most-unexpected-places/) and how it relates to behavioral policies in minimal and not-so-minimal biological agents.
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January 07, 2024Discussion with Stuart Kauffman and Katherine Peil Kauffman
This is a ~1 hour-long discussion meeting with Stuart Kauffman and Katherine Peil Kauffman. Their two papers referenced in the discussion are:
Stu's: https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsfs.2022.0063
Kate's: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.7453/gahmj.2013.058
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November 25, 2023Bioelectricity, Biobots, and the Future of Biology
A 30-minute talk (from April 2023) by Michael Levin given to an audience interested in longevity and the future of biotechnology research.
CHAPTERS:
(00:00) Introduction & Design Challenge
(04:00) Genome vs. Anatomical Form
(08:00) Inverse Problem & Top-Down
(13:00) Cellular Collective Intelligence
(17:00) Regeneration & Bioelectricity
(22:00) Reading/Writing Bioelectrical Patterns
(26:00) Permanent Morphological Changes
(31:00) Cancer & Synthetic Life
(35:00) AI, Ethics, Future
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31min
November 25, 2023Bioelectricity, Biobots, and the Future of Biology
A 30-minute talk (from April 2023) by Michael Levin given to an audience interested in longevity and the future of biotechnology research.
CHAPTERS:
(00:00) Introduction & Design Challenge
(04:00) Genome vs. Anatomical Form
(08:00) Inverse Problem & Top-Down
(13:00) Cellular Collective Intelligence
(17:00) Regeneration & Bioelectricity
(22:00) Reading/Writing Bioelectrical Patterns
(26:00) Permanent Morphological Changes
(31:00) Cancer & Synthetic Life
(35:00) AI, Ethics, Future
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November 21, 2023Bioelectricity as Cognitive Glue: From Diverse Intelligence to Regenerative Medicine (~1 hour talk)
A talk by Michael Levin (with Q&A at the end) given at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory Colloquium given in November 2023 (not May as the title screen says).
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1h 16min
November 07, 2023Conversation between Adam Omary, Roy Baumeister, and Michael Levin
This is a 1-hour discussion between Adam Omary, Roy Baumeister, and Michael Levin on the topics of collective intelligence and possible relevance to economic/social issues above the level of the single individual.
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November 05, 2023A 1 hour Lecture on Bioelectricity for a Department of Parasitology/Immunology by Michael Levin
This is a 1 hour talk on bioelectricity with a special slant toward microbiology/immunology/parasitology. More information is at
https://thoughtforms.life/?p=1722
including some audio of Q&A afterward.
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October 31, 2023Conversation #2 Between Chris Fields, Richard Watson, and Mike Levin
Chris Fields, Richard Watson, and I discuss how memory is stored in trained but static pathway models, and what this means for memory and mind-reading technologies in general.
See https://thoughtforms.life/but-where-is-the-memory-a-discussion-of-training-gene-regulatory-networks-and-its-implications/ for more information and background on this topic.
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October 13, 2023Bioelectricity as the Software of Life: From Cognitive Glue to Regenerative Medicine
This is a talk I gave (1 hour) to a computer science and robotics audience.
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October 06, 2023Neuroscience Beyond Neurons: Bioelectricity Underlies the Collective Intelligence of Cellular Swarms
This is a talk I gave to a neuroscience audience for the Harley Hotchkiss Memorial Lecture at the Canadian Centre for Behavioural Neuroscience at the University of Lethbridge, Canada. 1 hr 4 minutes.
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