Podcasts about Artificial life

The Possibility of Literature: The Novel and the Politics of Form (Cambridge University Press, 2024) is a collection of Peter Boxall's essays over twenty years, the earliest from 1996. These essays cover a vast timespan, from the 17th century to contemporary times; a multiplicity of authors ranging from canonical, such as Cervantes, to underappreciated, such as Kelman; and various traditions, from realism to 'deathwriting'. Despite the richness of material, Boxall's penetrating and refreshing vision never loses sight of two central questions: what makes literature possible and what does literature generate? The essays are clustered into three sections, 'On Writers', 'On Literary Tradition', and 'On the Contemporary'. Exploring questions such as 'The Idea of Beauty', the nature of 'Mere Being', or the possibilities of Rereading, the author anatomises the myriad forces that shape the literary imagination. At the same time, he gives vivid critical expression to the imaginative possibilities of literature itself – those unique forms of communal life that literature makes possible in a dramatically changing world, and that lead us towards a new shared future.  Peter Boxall is the Goldsmiths' Professor of English Literature at New College, University of Oxford. His publications include Don DeLillo: The Possibility of Fiction (2002), Since Beckett: Contemporary Writing in the Wake of Modernism (2009) and The Prosthetic Imagination: A History of the Novel as Artificial Life (2020). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

The Possibility of Literature: The Novel and the Politics of Form (Cambridge University Press, 2024) is a collection of Peter Boxall's essays over twenty years, the earliest from 1996. These essays cover a vast timespan, from the 17th century to contemporary times; a multiplicity of authors ranging from canonical, such as Cervantes, to underappreciated, such as Kelman; and various traditions, from realism to 'deathwriting'. Despite the richness of material, Boxall's penetrating and refreshing vision never loses sight of two central questions: what makes literature possible and what does literature generate? The essays are clustered into three sections, 'On Writers', 'On Literary Tradition', and 'On the Contemporary'. Exploring questions such as 'The Idea of Beauty', the nature of 'Mere Being', or the possibilities of Rereading, the author anatomises the myriad forces that shape the literary imagination. At the same time, he gives vivid critical expression to the imaginative possibilities of literature itself – those unique forms of communal life that literature makes possible in a dramatically changing world, and that lead us towards a new shared future.  Peter Boxall is the Goldsmiths' Professor of English Literature at New College, University of Oxford. His publications include Don DeLillo: The Possibility of Fiction (2002), Since Beckett: Contemporary Writing in the Wake of Modernism (2009) and The Prosthetic Imagination: A History of the Novel as Artificial Life (2020). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/literary-studies

The Possibility of Literature: The Novel and the Politics of Form (Cambridge University Press, 2024) is a collection of Peter Boxall's essays over twenty years, the earliest from 1996. These essays cover a vast timespan, from the 17th century to contemporary times; a multiplicity of authors ranging from canonical, such as Cervantes, to underappreciated, such as Kelman; and various traditions, from realism to 'deathwriting'. Despite the richness of material, Boxall's penetrating and refreshing vision never loses sight of two central questions: what makes literature possible and what does literature generate? The essays are clustered into three sections, 'On Writers', 'On Literary Tradition', and 'On the Contemporary'. Exploring questions such as 'The Idea of Beauty', the nature of 'Mere Being', or the possibilities of Rereading, the author anatomises the myriad forces that shape the literary imagination. At the same time, he gives vivid critical expression to the imaginative possibilities of literature itself – those unique forms of communal life that literature makes possible in a dramatically changing world, and that lead us towards a new shared future.  Peter Boxall is the Goldsmiths' Professor of English Literature at New College, University of Oxford. His publications include Don DeLillo: The Possibility of Fiction (2002), Since Beckett: Contemporary Writing in the Wake of Modernism (2009) and The Prosthetic Imagination: A History of the Novel as Artificial Life (2020). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/communications

The Possibility of Literature: The Novel and the Politics of Form (Cambridge University Press, 2024) is a collection of Peter Boxall's essays over twenty years, the earliest from 1996. These essays cover a vast timespan, from the 17th century to contemporary times; a multiplicity of authors ranging from canonical, such as Cervantes, to underappreciated, such as Kelman; and various traditions, from realism to 'deathwriting'. Despite the richness of material, Boxall's penetrating and refreshing vision never loses sight of two central questions: what makes literature possible and what does literature generate? The essays are clustered into three sections, 'On Writers', 'On Literary Tradition', and 'On the Contemporary'. Exploring questions such as 'The Idea of Beauty', the nature of 'Mere Being', or the possibilities of Rereading, the author anatomises the myriad forces that shape the literary imagination. At the same time, he gives vivid critical expression to the imaginative possibilities of literature itself – those unique forms of communal life that literature makes possible in a dramatically changing world, and that lead us towards a new shared future.  Peter Boxall is the Goldsmiths' Professor of English Literature at New College, University of Oxford. His publications include Don DeLillo: The Possibility of Fiction (2002), Since Beckett: Contemporary Writing in the Wake of Modernism (2009) and The Prosthetic Imagination: A History of the Novel as Artificial Life (2020).

Our 195th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's* big AI news! *and sometimes last last week's  Recorded on 01/04/2024 Join our brand new Discord here! https://discord.gg/wDQkratW Note: apologies for Andrey's slurred speech and the jumpy editing, will be back to normal next week! Hosted by Andrey Kurenkov and Jeremie Harris. Feel free to email us your questions and feedback at contact@lastweekinai.com and/or hello@gladstone.ai Read out our text newsletter and comment on the podcast at https://lastweekin.ai/. Sponsors: The Generator - An interdisciplinary AI lab empowering innovators from all fields to bring visionary ideas to life by harnessing the capabilities of artificial intelligence. In this episode: - OpenAI teases new deliberative alignment techniques in its O3 model, showcasing major improvements in reasoning benchmarks, whilst surprising with autonomy in hacks against chess engines.  - Microsoft and OpenAI continue to wrangle over the terms of their partnership, highlighting tensions amid OpenAI's shift towards a for-profit model.  - Chinese AI companies like DeepSeek and Quen release advanced open-source models, presenting significant contributions to AI capabilities and performance optimization.  - Sakana AI introduces innovative applications of AI to the search for artificial life, emphasizing the potential and curiosity-driven outcomes of open-ended learning and exploration. If you would like to become a sponsor for the newsletter, podcast, or both, please fill out this form. Timestamps + Links: (00:00:00) Intro / Banter (00:03:07) News Preview (00:03:54) Response to listener comments (00:05:00) Sponsor Break Tools & Apps (00:06:11) OpenAI announces new o3 model (00:21:17) Alibaba slashes prices on large language models by up to 85% as China AI rivalry heats up (00:23:04) ElevenLabs launches Flash, its fastest text-to-speech AI yet Applications & Business (00:24:24) OpenAI announces plan to transform into a for-profit company (00:33:17) Microsoft and OpenAI Wrangle Over Terms of Their Blockbuster Partnership (00:37:36) Elon Musk's xAI gets investment from Nvidia in recent funding round: report (00:39:43) Sam Altman's nuclear energy startup signs one of the largest nuclear power deals to date (00:41:13) OpenAI Search Leader Departs After Less Than a Year (00:42:43) Senior OpenAI Researcher Radford Departs Projects & Open Source (00:45:21) DeepSeek-AI Just Released DeepSeek-V3: A Strong Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) Language Model with 671B Total Parameters with 37B Activated for Each Token (00:54:14) Qwen Team Releases QvQ: An Open-Weight Model for Multimodal Reasoning (00:58:09) LightOn and Answer.ai Releases ModernBERT: A New Model Series that is a Pareto Improvement over BERT with both Speed and Accuracy Research & Advancements (01:00:31) Deliberation in Latent Space via Differentiable Cache Augmentation (01:05:14) Automating the Search for Artificial Life with Foundation Models Policy & Safety (01:10:27) Nonprofit group joins Elon Musk's effort to block OpenAI's for-profit transition (01:14:35) OpenAI Researchers Propose 'Deliberative Alignment' : A Training Approach that Teaches LLMs to Explicitly Reason through Safety Specifications before Producing an Answer (01:22:06) o1-preview autonomously hacked its environment rather than lose to Stockfish in our chess challenge. No adversarial prompting needed. (01:27:22) Elon Musk's xAI supercomputer gets 150MW power boost despite concerns over grid impact and local power stability (01:29:06) DOE: Data centers consumed 4.4% of US power in 2023, could hit 12% by 2028 Synthetic Media & Art (01:32:20) OpenAI failed to deliver the opt-out tool it promised by 2025 (01:36:15) Outro

In this captivating episode, we delve into the depths of the human experience through a gripping narrative that examines our very essence—what it means to love, to create, and the consequences that follow. The story revolves around Professor Arthur Moore, a brilliant yet emotionally detached scientist, who undertakes the monumental task of crafting a robotic companion, Amelia. In a world rife with technological wonders that often flout the boundaries of human connection, this tale intricately explores the themes of obsession, love, and the inherent risks of surpassing ethical boundaries through technology.As I reveal the unfolding drama, we meet Gerald, a man enchanted by Amelia's beauty completely unaware of the disturbing truth: she is not a woman but a sophisticated robot engineered by Arthur's innovative yet questionable scientific pursuits. The conflicts arise when Gerald proposes to Amelia, igniting a precarious chain of events fueled by Arthur's jealousy and deep-seated grievances against another scientist, Harry Wilkerson, whom he believes will exploit Amelia for his own gain.In an unflinching portrayal of love versus possession, Arthur's intentions transform from creating a perfect companion to leveraging Amelia in an elaborate scheme of revenge that ultimately spirals out of control. Throughout the narrative, we see emotional confrontations that bridge the divide between technological marvel and human fallibility. The characters' dialogues become battlegrounds of morality as they grapple with the implications of Arthur's creation and the emotional responses elicited from those interacting with her.As the tension escalates, the shocking twist of Amelia's true nature comes into sharp focus, recontextualizing every interaction and deepening the exploration of what it means to be human. The implications of creating life, the ethical dilemmas of artificial intelligence, and the tragic outcomes of revenge slip through our fingers like sand as we navigate through suspenseful and poignant moments. The ultimate climax raises a haunting question: what are the ramifications of infusing technology with human complexities? In closing, I reflect on the journey we took together, framing it as a cautionary tale that encapsulates our fears, desires, and the pursuit of perfection—one that challenges us to consider the unknown boundaries of love, science, and the essence of humanity itself. As the story concludes, we are left pondering the deeply entangled relationship between creator and creation, love and control, and the sometimes haunting outcomes that arise when we venture too close to playing God

This episode is part 2 of 2, which concludes my discussion with the computational theorist Dr. Jason M. Pittman regarding Artificial Intelligence, Artificial Hermeneutics, Artificial Life, & Simulation Theory. Dr. Pittman and I wrote a book together titled: Artifacts of the Simulation: A Reference Book for Simulation Theory. Link to the book is here: https://amzn.to/4cM6nzf . The YouTube video that accompanies this podcast may be accessed here: https://youtu.be/6vg47lZF-v8 . Please post your questions or comments on The Philosophemes YouTube Channel. Accessible through this Linktree link: https://linktr.ee/philosophemes . The Existentialism Book: http://shepherd.com/book/what-is-existentialism-vol-i . Epidemic Sound Referral Link: https://share.epidemicsound.com/ann4jg . Waves Referral Link: https://www.waves.com/r/1268613 . Coffee? Cheers! https://ko-fi.com/philosophemes . #philosophy, #existentialism, #FrankScalambrino, #Mandelaeffect, #simulation, #posthumanism, #transhumanism, #philosophyoftechnology, #AI, #philosophypodcast . This is final episode of Season 1 for the Philosophemes Podcast. Thank you for a wonderful first season! Looking forward to an excellent Season 2 with you! Some links may be “affiliate links,” which means I may I receive a small commission from your purchase through these links. This helps to support the channel. Thank you. Editorial, educational, and fair use of images. © 2024, Frank Scalambrino, Ph.D. https://evergreenpodcasts.com/the-philosophemes-podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode we have the honor and the pleasure of speaking with the computational theorist Dr. Jason M. Pittman. We had a lot of fun talking about AI and Simulation Theory. Dr. Pittman and I wrote a book together titled: Artifacts of the Simulation: A Reference Book for Simulation Theory. Link to the book below. The YouTube video that accompanies this podcast may be accessed here: https://youtu.be/jxgCHbRge7o . Please post your questions or comments on The Philosophemes YouTube Channel. Accessible through this Linktree link: https://linktr.ee/philosophemes . Amazon Author Page: https://amzn.to/4cM6nzf . Epidemic Sound Referral Link: https://share.epidemicsound.com/ann4jg . Waves Referral Link: https://www.waves.com/r/1268613 . Coffee? Cheers! https://ko-fi.com/philosophemes . #philosophy, #existentialism, #FrankScalambrino, #Mandelaeffect, #simulation, #posthumanism, #transhumanism, #philosophyoftechnology, #AI, #philosophypodcast . Some links may be “affiliate links,” which means I may I receive a small commission from your purchase through these links. This helps to support the channel. Thank you. Editorial, educational, and fair use of images. © 2024, Frank Scalambrino, Ph.D. https://evergreenpodcasts.com/the-philosophemes-podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Last week, we featured an interview with John Markoff, the legendary New York Times Silicon Valley correspondent. If Markoff has an East Coast equivalent, it's Steven Levy, the former Newsweek technology correspondent and author of best-selling books about hacking, crypto, Google and Facebook. Levy is now Wired's editor-at-large and when I visited Levy at New York City's glittering Conde Nast offices, we talked about what has and hasn't surprised him about the last twenty years of tech history and why he may be the last journalist with the good fortune of being paid to write long articles about Microsoft.Steven Levy is Wired's editor at large. The Washington Post has called him “America's premier technology journalist.”For almost four decades Levy has chronicled the digital revolution, its impact on humanity, and the people behind it. He has written the foundational work on computer culture (Hackers, 1984) and with Crypto (2001) the indispensable book on story behind that groundbreaking technology—years before people began gushing about Bitcoin and the blockchain. He has written the definitive books on Facebook, Google, the Macintosh, and the iPod. World-class engineers tell him that they pursued AI after reading his 1992 book Artificial Life. And he currently covers the breadth of tech stories—the good and the disturbing—for WIRED, where he has been a contributor since its inception. Levy's previous positions include founder of Backchannel and chief technology writer and senior editor for Newsweek. His work has also appeared in Rolling Stone, Harper's Magazine, Macworld, The New York Times Magazine, Esquire, The New Yorker, and Premiere. Among his honors: PC Magazine named Hackers the best sci-tech book written in the last twenty years. Crypto won the grand e-book prize at the 2001 Frankfurt Book Fair. In the Plex was Amazon's best business book of 2011. In 2008 he was inducted as a SVForum Visionary, alongside Reed Hastings and Diane Greene. (Previous winners include Bill Gates, Steve Wozniak, and Vin Cerf.) He has won several Computer Press Association Awards, been finalist for the National Magazine Award and the Loeb Award, winner of a Clarion Award and many others.  His 1988 book, The Unicorn's Secret, was the source material for a two-night NBC miniseries, “The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer.” Levy hails from Philadelphia, where he began his career writing for weekly papers and writing stories for Philadelphia Magazine and the Philadelphia Inquirer Sunday Magazine. He wrote extensively on rock music and sports. In 1982, he published a Rolling Stone story on computer hackers that drew him into the world of technology.  He lives in New York City with his wife, Pulitzer Prize winner and bestselling author Teresa Carpenter.Named as one of the "100 most connected men" by GQ magazine, Andrew Keen is amongst the world's best known broadcasters and commentators. In addition to presenting KEEN ON, he is the host of the long-running How To Fix Democracy show. He is also the author of four prescient books about digital technology: CULT OF THE AMATEUR, DIGITAL VERTIGO, THE INTERNET IS NOT THE ANSWER and HOW TO FIX THE FUTURE. Andrew lives in San Francisco, is married to Cassandra Knight, Google's VP of Litigation & Discovery, and has two grown children.Keen On is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit keenon.substack.com/subscribe

Today we're digging into the deep and often overlooked connections between neodarwinian evolution, life's origins, and the evolution of non-living systems. We're guided by Dr. Michael Lachmann of the Santa Fe Institute, who investigates how life may have begun as a more generalized cosmic selection process, with planetary conditions shaping its emergence and survival. Through discussions of thermodynamics, functional information, and entropy, we examine whether life might be present in forms beyond Earth's biology - and how'd know what to look for. In the end, this discussion swirls around what it means to be “alive” and how we can narrow boundaries of "life" to get closer to a true scientific definition of it. PATREON: get episodes early + join our weekly Patron Chat https://bit.ly/3lcAasB MERCH: Rock some DemystifySci gear : https://demystifysci.myspreadshop.com/ AMAZON: Do your shopping through this link: https://amzn.to/3YyoT98 More about Dr. Lachmann: https://www.santafe.edu/people/profile/michael-lachmann (00:00) Go! (00:07:08) Defining Life and Functional Information (00:17:13) Selection in Planetary Systems (00:24:02) Complexity and the Threshold of Life (00:30:24) Defining the Threshold of Life (00:36:01) Life's Emergence and Definitions (00:45:18) Rethinking Universal Timelines (00:51:05) Eternal Existence and Origin Concepts (01:00:23) Emerging Microbial Life (01:07:25) Stars and Large-Scale Life (01:19:59) Distinction Between Life and Alive (01:25:00) Characteristics of Life Without Complex Parameters (01:31:05) Artificial Life and Consciousness (01:41:43) Distinguishing Life and Artificial Life (01:54:50) Human Purpose and Cooperation (02:00:03) Understanding AI and Human Systems (02:09:44) Scientific Understanding and Cultural Narratives (02:15:03) Happiness, Evolution, and Societal Constraints (02:21:43) The Quest to Understand Life #Evolution, #OriginOfLife, #Astrobiology, #ArtificialIntelligence, #Consciousness, #CosmicEvolution, #Biogenesis, #UniversalLife, #QuantumBiology, #LifeBeyondEarth, #LifeScience, #SpaceExploration, #ComplexSystems, #Thermodynamics, #FunctionalInformation, #ExtraterrestrialLife, #DeepSpace, #SelectionTheory, #Entropy, #LifeInTheUniverse, #CosmicOrigins, #MicrobialLife, #AIConsciousness, #SelfReplicatingSystems, #AstrobiologicalResearch, #LifeDefinition, #Metaphysics, #GalaxyFormation, #ScientificDiscovery, #PlanetaryLife, #sciencepodcast, #longformpodcast Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join our mailing list https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S PODCAST INFO: Anastasia completed her PhD studying bioelectricity at Columbia University. When not talking to brilliant people or making movies, she spends her time painting, reading, and guiding backcountry excursions. Shilo also did his PhD at Columbia studying the elastic properties of molecular water. When he's not in the film studio, he's exploring sound in music. They are both freelance professors at various universities. - Blog: http://DemystifySci.com/blog - RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rss - Donate: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaD - Swag: https://bit.ly/2PXdC2y SOCIAL: - Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/DemystifySci - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/DemystifySci/ - Twitter: https://twitter.com/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671

Welcome to The Orthogonal Bet, an ongoing mini-series that explores the unconventional ideas and delightful patterns that shape our world. Hosted by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Samuel Arbesman⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. In this episode, Sam speaks with Tarin Ziyaee, a technologist and founder, about the world of artificial life. The field of artificial life explores ways to describe and encapsulate aspects of life within software and computer code. Tarin has extensive experience in machine learning and AI, having worked at Meta and Apple, and is currently building a company in the field of Artificial Life. This new company—which, full disclosure, Sam is also advising—aims to embody aspects of life within software to accelerate evolution and develop robust methods for controlling robotic behavior in the real world. Sam wanted to speak with Tarin to discuss the nature of artificial life, its similarities and differences to more traditional artificial intelligence approaches, the idea of open-endedness, and more. They also had a chance to chat about tool usage and intelligence, large language models versus large action models, and even robots. Produced by ⁠CRG Consulting⁠ Music by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠George Ko⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ & Suno

Welcome to The Orthogonal Bet, an ongoing mini-series that explores the unconventional ideas and delightful patterns that shape our world. Hosted by ⁠⁠⁠⁠Samuel Arbesman⁠⁠⁠⁠. In this episode, Sam speaks with Michael Levin, a biologist and the Vannevar Bush Professor at Tufts University. Michael's work encompasses how information is processed in biology, the development of organismal structures, the field of Artificial Life, and much more. Sam wanted to talk to Michael because of his pioneering research in these areas. Biology, as Michael's work reveals, is far more complex than the mechanistic explanations often taught in school. For instance, the process of morphogenesis—how organisms develop their specific forms—challenges our understanding of computation in biology, and Michael is leading the way in this field. He has deeply explored concepts such as the relationship between hardware and software in biological systems, the process of morphogenesis, the idea of polycomputing, and even the notion of cognition in biology. From his investigations into the regeneration process in planaria—a type of flatworm—to the creation of xenobots, a form of Artificial Life, Michael stands at the forefront of groundbreaking ideas in understanding how biology functions.

Tom catches up with Dr. Imy Khan.

Giovanni Fontana was a 15th-century Italian engineer and inventor. His designs included everything from systems for retrieving sunken ships and automating the defence of fortifications to measuring time and producing music. He created locks, clocks, and magic lanterns. If you like what you hear and want to chip in to support the podcast, my Patreon is here. I'm on BlueSky @a-devon.bsky.social, Twitter @circus_human, Instagram @humancircuspod, and I have some things on Redbubble. Sources: Fontana, Giovanni. Bellicorum instrumentorum liber cum figuris... Digitized at https://codicon.digitale-sammlungen.de/inventiconCod.icon.%20242.html Gilbert, Bennett. “The Dreams of an Inventor in 1420,” Public Domain Review. 2018. https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/the-dreams-of-an-inventor-in-1420/ Grafton, Anthony. “The Devil as Automaton: Giovanni Fontana and the Meanings of a Fifteenth-Century Machine,” in Genesis Redux: Essays in the History and Philosophy of Artificial Life, edited by Jessica Riskin. University of Chicago Press, 2007. Grafton, Anthony. Magic and Technology in Early Modern Europe. Smithsonian Institution Libraries, 2005. Grafton, Anthony. Magus: The Art of Magic from Faustus to Agrippa. Harvard University Press, 2023. Rossi, Cesare and Russo, Flavio. Ancient Engineers' Inventions: Precursors of the Present. Springer, 2016. Sparavigna, A.C. “Giovanni de la Fontana, Engineer and Magician.” Cornell University Library, 2013. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Why do complex systems self-organise? What is cellular uncertainty and stem cell plasticity? Can we create artificial digital life that's subject to the same creative adaptability that nature and life demonstrate? Today we have the extraordinary phenomena of self-organisation in Complex Systems to look into. We're going to be looking into the conditions for a system to be considered complex, how a certain amount of randomness in the system releases the creativity required to permit adaptability, and how the feedback loops within that adaptability lead to a self-correcting organisational principle that keeps the system's order and randomness in balance as it evolves. We're going to be seeing how that self-organisation is operative at almost every level of scale in the universe and in life and death, and trying to get our heads around what that means for the nature of reality and consciousness. So who better to discuss this with than stem cell biologist and diagnostic pathologist Neil Theise. Neil is is a professor of pathology at the NYU Grossman School of Medicine and a pioneer of adult stem cell plasticity research. In 2018 the news of his discovery of the interstitial, a vast communication network throughout the human body went viral and was featured in the New York Times and Scientific American among many others. Theise is also a long term student of Zen meditation and Kabbalah. And his studies of complexity theory, summarised in his new book “Notes on Complexity: A scientific theory of connection, consciousness and being”, have led to interdisciplinary collaborations in fields as diverse integrative medicine, consciousness studies and the science-spirituality interface. Since speaking with biologist Michael Levin on Cellular cognition, and cognitive scientist John Vervaeke on collective intelligence, in the last series; I've been keen to speak to Neil about stem cell plasticity and self-organising systems, as their elegant sophistication begs so many questions about the nature of reality and consciousness. So without further ado, let's go! 00:00 Intro 05:45 Livers have stem cells, Neil's first of many discoveries 13:50 “Cellular Uncertainty” - Stem-cell plasticity. 17:43 Heisenberg's ‘Uncertainty principle' analogy. 20:20 Cellular sensitivity 22:00 The TechnoSphere - interacting with virtual creatures 26:20 Emergent bottom-up structure, self-organising inside the game 27:20 Artificial Life. 29:20 Complexity Theory explained by Ants. 34:20 Randomness allows the creativity to adapt to changes: in the environment Divergent ants. 35:20 A minimum of elements are needed over time to become self-organising. 36:50 Cells, ants and humans all self-organise: micro macro phenomena. 38:40 No planning or top-down intelligence managing complex systems. 42:55 ‘Wholarchies' not hierarchies. 47:50 Living systems and complexity arise at the boundary between perfect order and fractal chaos. 49:55 Extinction is also part of complexity, as much as creative adaptivity. 50:30 “What makes you able to be a living system, inevitably, given enough time will lead you to die. You can't separate life and death”. 53:10 Self correction 55:50 Cancer, economic crashes, extinction events: Pruning away the corrective negative feedback loops leads to collapse. 57:30 Every scale of nature adheres to complex system behaviours. 59:50 Complementarity exists at all levels of scale - Niels Bohr. 01:01:40 Biological complementarity. 01:04:50 Breaking down the separations between discrete organisms. 01:10:50 Not upward or downward causation but complementarity. 01:35:50 Zen meditation insights which led to scientific insight. 01:18:20 The risk of over-rating our personal experience. 01:23:20 Where you find mind, you find life. References: Neil Theise, “Notes on Complexity: A scientific theory of connection, consciousness and being” Evan Thompson - Deep Continuity (of Life and Mind) Francisco Varela - (Evan Thompson's mentor)

If you're living your life in your head, you're part of the walking dead. Find out more in this mini podcast.Grasshopper Notes are the writings from America's Best Known Hypnotherapist John Morgan. His podcasts contain his most responded to essays and blog posts from the past two decades.  Find the written versions of these podcasts on John's podcasting site: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1628038"The Grasshopper" is the part of you that whispers pearls of wisdom that  seem to pop into your mind from out of the blue. John's essays and blog posts are his interpretations of these "Nips of Nectar." Others have labeled his writings as timeless wisdom.  Most of the John's writings revolve around self improvement and self help. They address topics like: • Mindfulness• Peace of mind• Creativity• How to stay in the present moment• Spirituality• Behavior improvementAnd stories that transform you to a wider sense of awareness that presents more options. And isn't that what we all want, more options?  John uploads these podcasts on a regular basis. So check back often to hear these podcasts heard around the world. Who wants to be the next person to change?  Make sure to order a copy of John's new book: WISDOM OF THE GRASSHOPPER – 21 Days to Creativity. These mini-meditations take you inside where all your creative resources live. And you'll come out not only refreshed but recommitted to creating your future.  It's only $16.95 and available at BLURB.COM at the link below. https://www.blurb.com/b/10239673-wisd...Also, download John's FREE book INTER RUPTION: The Magic Key To Lasting Change. It's available at John's website  https://GrasshopperNotes.com

Evolution is sometimes described -- not precisely, but with some justification -- as being about the "survival of the fittest." But that idea doesn't work unless there is some way for one generation to pass down information about how best to survive. We now know that such information is passed down in a variety of ways: through our inherited genome, through epigenetic factors, and of course through cultural transmission. Chris Adami suggests that we update Dobzhansky's maxim "Nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution" to "... except in the light of information." We talk about information theory as a subject in its own right, and how it helps us to understand organisms, evolution, and the origin of life.Blog post with transcript: https://www.preposterousuniverse.com/podcast/2024/02/19/266-christoph-adami-on-how-information-makes-sense-of-biology/Support Mindscape on Patreon.Christoph Adami received his Ph.D. in physics from Stony Brook University. He is currently professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics as well as Physics and Astronomy at Michigan State University. Among his awards are the NASA Exceptional Achievement Medal and the Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Society for Artificial Life. His new book is The Evolution of Biological Information: How Evolution Creates Complexity, from Viruses to Brains.Web siteMichigan State web pageGoogle Scholar publicationsWikipediaSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In episode 105 of The Gradient Podcast, Daniel Bashir speaks to Eric Jang.Have suggestions for future podcast guests (or other feedback)? Let us know here or reach us at editor@thegradient.pubSubscribe to The Gradient Podcast:  Apple Podcasts  | Spotify | Pocket Casts | RSSFollow The Gradient on TwitterOutline:* (00:00) Intro* (01:25) Updates since Eric's last interview* (06:07) The problem space of humanoid robots* (08:42) Motivations for the book “AI is Good for You”* (12:20) Definitions of AGI* (14:35) ~ AGI timelines ~* (16:33) Do we have the ingredients for AGI?* (18:58) Rediscovering old ideas in AI and robotics* (22:13) Ingredients for AGI* (22:13) Artificial Life* (25:02) Selection at different levels of information—intelligence at different scales* (32:34) AGI as a collective intelligence* (34:53) Human in the loop learning* (37:38) From getting correct answers to doing things correctly* (40:20) Levels of abstraction for modeling decision-making — the neurobiological stack* (44:22) Implementing loneliness and other details for AGI* (47:31) Experience in AI systems* (48:46) Asking for Generalization* (49:25) Linguistic relativity* (52:17) Language vs. complex thought and Fedorenko experiments* (54:23) Efficiency in neural design* (57:20) Generality in the human brain and evolutionary hypotheses* (59:46) Embodiment and real-world robotics* (1:00:10) Moravec's Paradox and the importance of embodiment* (1:05:33) How embodiment fits into the picture—in verification vs. in learning* (1:10:45) Nonverbal information for training intelligent systems* (1:11:55) AGI and humanity* (1:12:20) The positive future with AGI* (1:14:55) The negative future — technology as a lever* (1:16:22) AI in the military* (1:20:30) How AI might contribute to art* (1:25:41) Eric's own work and a positive future for AI* (1:29:27) OutroLinks:* Eric's book* Eric's Twitter and homepage Get full access to The Gradient at thegradientpub.substack.com/subscribe

In times of weaponized sexual accusations, is it any wonder that some men desire robots? The idea that men would purchase a lifelike female sex robot who can be programmed to be submissive or reluctant is frightening to many. Sex robots could be programmed to do the opposite of what we fear: They could teach men and women about consent and female sexual pleasure. Since sex robots are in their infancy, now is the time to start shaping them into the technology we want them to be, not the technology we fear.Originally Broadcast On 9/25/18This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/4878838/advertisement

Can we create wise robots? Kerstin Dautenhahn joins Igor and Charles to dive into the intriguing world of social robots, the finer points of “Robotiquette,” and the potential role such robots can play in supporting therapeutic treatments. Igor reflects on the limits of robot-based wisdom, Kerstin reveals the potential of Generative AI like ChatGPT to generate false information about her own professional identity, and Charles considers the perils of socially awkward machines. Welcome to Episode 58. Special Guest: Kerstin Dautenhahn.

On this short solo episode, Mike shares his address to the students of the 2023 International Society for Artificial Life summer school. Read more about the concept of "lyfe": https://www.mdpi.com/2075-1729/10/4/42 Read more about the concept of "genesity": https://www.mdpi.com/2075-1729/12/6/783 "Life Evolves. Can Attempts to Create ‘Artificial Life' Evolve, Too?" by Shi En Kim for Scientific American: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/life-evolves-can-attempts-to-create-artificial-life-evolve-too/ Follow us on Twitter! Strange New Worlds: twitter.com/scienceoftrek Mike: twitter.com/miquai

Artificial life, aka “A-life”, is an intellectually vital field simulating life within computational systems. By allowing simulations to run uninterrupted for extended periods, researchers can observe emergent behaviors, patterns, and even evolutionary trajectories. What's particularly intriguing is that these artificial systems often exhibit behaviors and patterns reminiscent of natural life, reinforcing that certain principles of life and evolution might be universal, whether in a biological context or a digital one. In this episode of "Securities," host Danny Crichton is joined by Lux scientist-in-residence Sam Arbesman and special guest Olaf Witkowski, who is the director of research at Cross Labs and the current president of the International Society for Artificial Life. Among many topics, the three of them discuss cellular automata, the origins of evolution, and the open-endedness of A-life.

Parker Settecase is a philosopher of mind and the host of the Parker's Pensées Podcast. He's also Joel Settecase's little brother. When Joel, the host of Worldview Legacy, and Parker meet up to talk about God, Mind and A.I., you know sparks are gonna fly. So you are about to get is a special, extra-long, weekend episode of the Worldview Legacy Podcast!* Listen to it all at once, or spread it out over a few days, but you are not going to want to miss this conversation. This episode is going to equip you to think deeply and answer confidently, from a Christian perspective, when you get questions about the connection between your Christian faith and A.I. from your coworkers, your neighbors, or even your own kids. ---- Join the Every Question Answered Campaign and support this work! Go to https://thethink.institute/eqa now. ---- The brothers answer questions like: • What are the surprising origins of the concept of artificial intelligence? • Could a computer ever become conscious? • Are cells alive? And would artificial cells—or organisms—technically be alive too? • Should we be pursuing advancements in A.I.? • What about actual intelligence from other planets? How should we think about that? *As long as this is, there is *still* more to listen to. For the uncut episode subscribe to ThinkSquad PLUS at https://thinksquadplus.supercast.com. ---- Please support this work! Give to the Think Institute at https://thethink.institute/partner.  ---- Subscribe to the Think Institute YouTube Channel! This channel will deliver even more knowledge on how to answer questions and objections to the Christian worldview! If you subscribe now, you'll get to hear the next video in this series... ---- Want to bring Joel to speak at your church or event? Go here.   ---- Music Credits: Synthwave Intro 10 by TaigaSoundProd  Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/8736-synthwave-intro-10  License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Synthwave Intro 12 by TaigaSoundProd Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/8818-synthwave-intro-12 License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/worldviewlegacy/message

They say life in plastic is fantastic. Judging by how many people are freaking out over a movie about a plastic doll, it must be. That or people just enjoy wearing pink. You know what else people enjoy? Being serial killers. It's not quite as popular as Barbie, but there are enough shows about it to make you think so. If you had to choose one, we recommend the doll. Just don't go all Sid from Toy Story and you should be fine. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tom welcomes on Jeffrey Ventrella to talk about their various projects.

Tom welcomes on Imy Khan to talk about their various projects.

This is a talk given primarily to biologists on the Noble Ape Simulation. The academics who don't introduce themselves are Prof. Fred Dyer, Dr. Aaron Wagner and Prof. Robert Pennock.

Episode 388... We couldn't get enough of Kurdt, so one more ode in honor of Ape8. A G-mouth jingle sent in by No Complyance (Rome, NY) from their ripping new EP on Bandcamp! Breaking news: We are looking for submissions for a Guttermouth Tribute album by the end of the year. Check out our (so far) list of Guttermouth covers on the ole Archive-dot. We also have a small batch of Easter tunes to give you late food poisoning. Some terrible 8-bit punk in the background. Remember to check out the playlists on YouTube and follow Punkbot 138 on IG. Enjoy!Download and stream here (iTunes and Google Podcasts as well; please subscribe human scum):BROS LATE EASTER 388 Airing Wednesdays 7pm PST on PUNK ROCK DEMONSTRATION & Fridays/Saturdays 7pm PST on RIPPER RADIO.Send us stuff to brothersgrimpunk@gmail.com.Punker egg hunting...Germany Hashtag 0:49 F*cking Angry Doin' Alright EP Remind Them 1:05 Agnostic Front Victim In PainChile Vida inservible 0:36 Inutyl Condena de siglos Chile A LA MIERDA HIPSTER PUNKS 1:53 INYECCION VICIO EP White Lines (Don't Don't Do It) (bkgrd) 7:27  Grandmaster Flash & Melle Mel Good Friday 1:09 Guttermouth Musical Monkey Dawn of Friday 1:51 Snäggletooth Road To Nothingness 7in Friday 0:42 Sedition fe 12.5 - Sedition / Pink Turds in Space - split LPSlam The Ham 1:29 Authorities Puppy Love_Get Hip Recs  IDK Easter 1:00 DBV Music For Spiders 2022Anarchy Easter 1:14 Jakked Rabbits Time To Get JakkedFriday's Child (bkgrd) 5:10 NUM SKULL violent existence 1986-1995 Tourette's 1:24 Ashtray Good People to Do Business With Stabbed in the Back (Youth of Today) 1:09 Spazz Sweatin' 3: Skatin', Satan & Katon  Just Another Genocide 1:17 Disclone Once The Genocide Started - EPHats Off To Hardcore 1:13 The Neighbors Negative Attraction BBB (Guttermouth) 1:31 Sam Wartenbee & Friends Stolen Songs 3  Lucky the Donkey(Guttermouth Cover) (bkgrd) 1:46 SIRCH 2020 Rome NY Guttermouth Song 2:32 No Complyance The Street Cat EP Olympia Up Front 1:19 Xerox Demo 2023 AU BERSERKER 1:05 INFORMANT S/T Charlottetown Eat Pray Fuck You 0:35 Cell Deth Demo Germany Landmine Man 1:32 TOTAL FRAUD First Demo CA EASY WAY OUT 1:15 DEFENSE MECHANISM FATE E.P. Chicago I Hate Everything And Always Will 1:00 Ramonescore Radio & Wellsville Records Pantzig - Pick Your King Guttermouth - Lipstick (8-Bit) (bkgrd) 2:45 Punk Goes 8-Bit: Level 2I Have Fucking Had It 0:42 AxeRash Shitfaced Noone Will Know Their Last Words 1:21 Stalinstadt "Army Of The Desperate" -  split LP w/Lüger Shit Bacteria 1:44 Nervous B.O. Sick & Perverted Chromosomes 1:21 The Kaak The Kaak Get Drunk 2:07 Ghetto Blaster Think For Yourself Operation Ivy - Artificial Life (8-Bit) (bkgrd) 1:53 Punk Goes 8-Bit Level 5Pittsburgh Televised Violence 2:10 Snarling Dogs DEMO

What do you do with life's toughest questions? Maybe your parent is terminally ill, or your friend is struggling with cancer. Every human has to face the last great enemy at some point in their lives: death. But when circumstances require you to make that decision early because of extraordinary circumstances or suffering health, what should you do? Join us as our guest tackles questions like: * What the Bible says about struggling through the tough questions on life and death* What to say to someone who is struggling with suicidal thoughts* God's plan for your life with a disability * Artificial Life support

This week's Electromaker Show is now available on YouTube and everywhere you get your podcasts! Welcome to the Electromaker Show episode 102! This week we try not to get distracted by the Arduino news, look at an awesome batteryless IoT development crowdfunding campaign, and dive into a bunch of awesome projects! Tune in for the latest maker, tech, DIY, IoT, embedded, and crowdfunding news stories from the week.   Watch the show! We publish a new show every week. Subscribe here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiMO2NHYWNiVTzyGsPYn4DA?sub_confirmation=1 We stock the latest products from Adafruit, Seeed Studio, Pimoroni, Sparkfun, and many more! Browse our shop: https://www.electromaker.io/shop Join us on Discord! https://discord.com/invite/w8d7mkCkxj​ Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ElectromakerIO Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/electromaker.io/ Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/electromaker_io/ Featured in this show: Arduino GIGA R1 Wifi released! Raspberry Pi release Global Shutter Variant Riotee - Batteryless IoT on Crowd Supply Electromaker of the Month - February 2023 Winners! Argon ONE M.2 Pi Case + Massive Show 100 Giveaway Winner announced Product of the Week: Adafruit Pygamer + contest! 314Reactor's Artificial Life 2 Emily's Electric Oddities: The Birdbox Gulam Murtuza's OpenCV Hand Piano Doom in a Lego block because OF COURSE THERE'S DOOM IN LEGO BLOCKS

In this KEEN ON episode, Andrew talks to Steven Levy, Wired editor-at-large and author of FACEBOOK: THE INSIDE STORY, about the history of social media from Friendster and MySpace to Facebook and TikTok. Steven Levy is Wired's editor at large. The Washington Post has called him “America's premier technology journalist.” For almost four decades Levy has chronicled the digital revolution, its impact on humanity, and the people behind it. He has written the foundational work on computer culture (Hackers, 1984) and with Crypto (2001) the indispensable book on story behind that groundbreaking technology—years before people began gushing about Bitcoin and the blockchain. He has written the definitive books on Facebook, Google, the Macintosh, and the iPod. World-class engineers tell him that they pursued AI after reading his 1992 book Artificial Life. And he currently covers the breadth of tech stories—the good and the disturbing—for WIRED, where he has been a contributor since its inception. Levy's previous positions include founder of Backchannel and chief technology writer and senior editor for Newsweek. His work has also appeared in Rolling Stone, Harper's Magazine, Macworld, The New York Times Magazine, Esquire, The New Yorker, and Premiere. Among his honors: PC Magazine named Hackers the best sci-tech book written in the last twenty years. Crypto won the grand e-book prize at the 2001 Frankfurt Book Fair. In the Plex was Amazon's best business book of 2011. In 2008 he was inducted as a SVForum Visionary, alongside Reed Hastings and Diane Greene. (Previous winners include Bill Gates, Steve Wozniak, and Vin Cerf.) He has won several Computer Press Association Awards, been finalist for the National Magazine Award and the Loeb Award, winner of a Clarion Award and many others. His 1988 book, The Unicorn's Secret, was the source material for a two-night NBC miniseries, “The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer.” Levy hails from Philadelphia, where he began his career writing for weekly papers and writing stories for Philadelphia Magazine and the Philadelphia Inquirer Sunday Magazine. He wrote extensively on rock music and sports. In 1982, he published a Rolling Stone story on computer hackers that drew him into the world of technology. He lives in New York City with his wife, Pulitzer Prize winner and bestselling author Teresa Carpenter. Named as one of the "100 most connected men" by GQ magazine, Andrew Keen is amongst the world's best known broadcasters and commentators. In addition to presenting KEEN ON, he is the host of the long-running How To Fix Democracy show. He is also the author of four prescient books about digital technology: CULT OF THE AMATEUR, DIGITAL VERTIGO, THE INTERNET IS NOT THE ANSWER and HOW TO FIX THE FUTURE. Andrew lives in San Francisco, is married to Cassandra Knight, Google's VP of Litigation & Discovery, and has two grown children. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Call for submissions: “(In)human Values and Artificial Agency”, ALIFE 2023, published by thegearstoascension on January 30, 2023 on The AI Alignment Forum. key points: Cash prize of $500 for the best presentation. Deadline 3 March, 2023. Organized by Simon McGregor (University of Sussex), Rory Greig (DeepMind), Chris Buckley (University of Sussex) ALIFE 2023 (the 2023 conference on Artificial Life) will feature a Special Session on “(In)human Values and Artificial Agency”. This session focuses on issues at the intersection of AI Safety and Artificial Life. We invite the submission of research papers, or extended abstracts, that deal with related topics. We particularly encourage submissions from researchers in the AI Safety community, who might not otherwise have considered submitting to ALIFE 2023. EXAMPLES OF A-LIFE RELATED TOPICS Here are a few examples of topics that engage with A-Life concerns: Abstracted simulation models of complex emergent phenomena Concepts such as embodiment, the extended mind, enactivism, sensorimotor contingency theory, or autopoiesis Collective behaviour and emergent behaviour Fundamental theories of agency or theories of cognition Teleological and goal directed behaviour of artificial agents Specific instances of adaptive phenomena in biological, social or robotic systems Thermodynamic and statistical-mechanical analyses Evolutionary, ecological or cybernetic perspectives EXAMPLES OF AI SAFETY RELATED TOPICS Here are a few examples of topics that engage with AI Safety concerns: Assessment of distinctive risks, failure modes or threat models for artificial adaptive systems Fundamental theories of agency, theories of cognition or theories of optimization. Embedded Agency, formalizations of agent-environment interactions that account for embeddedness, detecting agents and representations of agents' goals. Selection theorems – how selection pressures and training environments determine agent properties. Multi-agent cooperation; inferring / learning human values and aggregating preferences. Techniques for aligning AI models to human preferences, such as Reinforcement Learning from Human Feedback (RLHF) Goal Misgeneralisation – how agent's goals generalise to new environments Mechanistic interpretability of learned / evolved agents (“digital neuroscience”) Improving fairness and reducing harm from machine learning models deployed in the real world. Loss of human agency from increasing automation Thanks for listening. To help us out with The Nonlinear Library or to learn more, please visit nonlinear.org.

What does it mean to think? What are the traits of thinking systems that we could use to identify them? Different environmental variables call for different strategies in individual and collective cognition — what defines the threshold at which so-called “solid” brains transition into “liquids”? And how might we apply these and related lessons from ecology and evolution to help steward a diverse and thriving future with technology, and keep the biosphere afloat?Welcome to COMPLEXITY, the official podcast of the Santa Fe Institute. I'm your host, Michael Garfield, and every other week we'll bring you with us for far-ranging conversations with our worldwide network of rigorous researchers developing new frameworks to explain the deepest mysteries of the universe.This week on the show we talk to SFI External Professor Ricard Solé of the Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Website, Twitter, Google Scholar) about liquid and solid brains, the scaling of cognition, criticality, contagions, and terraforming our own planet with synthetic bio.Be sure to check out our extensive show notes with links to all our references at complexity.simplecast.com. If you value our research and communication efforts, please subscribe, rate and review us at Apple Podcasts or Spotify, and consider making a donation — or finding other ways to engage with us, including our upcoming program for Undergraduate Complexity Research, our new SFI Press book Ex Machina by John H. Miller, and an open postdoctoral fellowship in Belief Dynamics — at santafe.edu/engage.Lastly, join us June 19-23 for Collective Intelligence: Foundations + Radical Ideas, a first-ever event open to both academics and professionals, with sessions on adaptive matter, animal groups, brains, AI, teams, and more.  Space is limited! Apps close February 1st. Learn more on our website.Thank you for listening!Join our Facebook discussion group to meet like minds and talk about each episode.Podcast theme music by Mitch Mignano.Follow us on social media:Twitter • YouTube • Facebook • Instagram • LinkedInReferenced & Related WorksLiquid and Solid Brains: Mapping the Cognition SpaceSFI Seminar by Ricard SoléJohn Hopfield (re: biology as computation)Synthetic transitions: towards a new synthesisby Ricard SoléComplexity 93 - Kate Adamala on Synthetic Biology, Origins of Life, and BioethicsThe Multiple Paths to Multiple Lifeby Chris Kempes and David KrakauerSimon Conway Morris (re: macroevolutionary trends)Scale and information-processing thresholds in Holocene social evolutionby Jaewon Shin et al.Smarter Parts Make Collective Systems Too Stubbornby Jordana Cepelewicz at Quanta MagazineComplexity 90 - Caleb Scharf on The Ascent of Information: Life in The Human DataomeWill Ratcliff (re: yeasts and emergent multi-cellularity)Complexity 29 - On Coronavirus, Crisis, and Creative Opportunity with David Krakauer (Transmission Series Ep. 3)Synthetic criticality in cellular brainsby Ricard Solé et al.Tom Ray (re: artificial life)Complexity and fragility in ecological networksby Ricard Solé and José MontoyaEcological Networks and Their Fragilityby José Montoya, Stuart Pimm, and Ricard SoléThe small world of human languageby Ramon Ferrer i Cancho and Ricard SoléMacroscopic patterns of interacting contagions are indistinguishable from social reinforcementby Laurent Hébert-Dufresne, Sam Scarpino, and Jean-Gabriel YoungComplexity 56 - J. Doyne Farmer on The Complexity Economics RevolutionComplexity 66 - Katherine Collins on Better Investing Through BiomimicryChris Langton (re: criticality)Jim Crutchfield (re: the edge of chaos)Per Bak (re: self-organized criticality)Complexity 10 - Melanie Moses on Metabolic Scaling in Biology & ComputationComplexity 3 - Sabine Hauert on Swarming Across ScalesNiles Eldredge (re: punctuated equilibria)Terraforming the biosphere: can bioengineering save us?SFI Seminar by Ricard SoléEcological complexity and the biosphere: the next 30 yearsby Ricard Solé and Simon LevinEcological firewalls for synthetic biologyby Blai Vidiella and Ricard SoléRachel Armstrong (re: synthetic biology for CO2 fixing in concrete)Stewardship of global collective behaviorby Joseph Bak-Coleman et al.Complexity 64 - Reconstructing Ancient Superhighways with Stefani Crabtree and Devin WhiteComplexity 5 - Jennifer Dunne on Food Webs & ArchaeoEcology

Most of us come into the world with the suspicion that we are the center of the universe. This self-preoccupation is natural, but it can often lead to unhappiness in the form of rumination, wallowing, comparison, etc. Our guest today, author Karen Armstrong, has a clear proposal for how we can stop living what she calls “artificial” lives and shave down our inborn self-centeredness. Not for nothing, she believes her proposal has the added benefit of perhaps helping to save the planet. Armstrong is a former nun who has become one of the world's leading thinkers on religion (particularly the monotheistic ones). She has written such bestsellers as: A History of God: The 4,000-Year Quest of Judaism, Christianity and Islam, The Battle for God, Islam: A Short History, and Buddha. Her latest book is called Sacred Nature: Restoring Our Ancient Bond with the Natural World.In this episode we talk about:Practices you can try for using nature as a way to make yourself happierHow Armstrong conceives of God at this point in her lifeThe benefits of the Confucian practice of “quiet sitting”How her time as a nun paradoxically made her more self-preoccupied rather than lessAnd her definition of holinessFull Shownotes: https://www.tenpercent.com/podcast-episode/karen-armstrong-504See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Ribosomes are tiny protein-making factories found inside cells, and a crucial component of life. And now a team of scientists has figured out how to make them self-replicate outside of cells. Without getting all Mary Shelley, the team says this is a step towards creating artificial life.On a trip to the Isles of Scilly, Rowan found a spectacular lifeform of the week. On the shores of Porthcressa beach on St Mary's island, he found a solar-powered sea slug, with the help of Scott and Samaya of Scilly Rockpool Safaris.America's West Coast is still being ravaged by wildfires, and not only are they set to become more frequent as the climate warms, but they're going to become even more intense. Chelsea, who can see the orange skies of the fires from her home, discusses the rising risk of so-called ‘extreme wildfires'. Rowan makes the point that new research shows that transitioning from fossil fuels to clean energy could lead to savings of $5 to $15 trillion dollars. Centenarians - people who live to be older than 100 - who have all the markers of Alzheimer's, don't appear to be affected by the disease. The team finds out about an intriguing new finding that upends our understanding of amyloid plaques, the proteins we think are closely associated with dementia. Climate change artist and Australian playwright David Finnigan discusses his latest play ‘You're Safe Til 2024: Deep History', which he performed at this year's Edinburgh fringe festival and which is coming to London. It looks at the 75,000 year history of our impact on the environment from the lens of the 2019 Australian bushfires. On the pod are Rowan Hooper, Chelsea Whyte, Abby Beall and Carissa Wong. To read about these stories and much more, subscribe at newscientist.com/podcasts.Events and discount codes:New Scientist Live: newscientist.com/live Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Darkness Radio presents Supernatural News/Parashare: Having My Skynet Baby Edition with Beer City Bruiser!!  It has been a week of sightings, speculation, and unbelievable stories in the world of the paranormal and Tim and Bruiser have taken on the shock and awe and are presenting only the best stories for you! This week,  Evidently it isn't just the military having issues with UAP. the Border Patrol has had their share of run-ins too!!  We find out what passes for the Loch Ness Monster in Oklahoma, We read your parashare stories! And companies are now convinced with overpopulation they have a great alternative to you having a real, human baby... how about a virtual one, you know, like A.I., like a bigger Tamagotchi, but with a monthly fee...  Find out where Beer City Bruiser is holding his breath and needlepointing near you: https://twitter.com/bcbwinchester   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Darkness Radio presents Supernatural News/Parashare: Shopping for Haunted Real Estate Edition with Mallie Fox!!  It has been a week of buying, selling, and moving in the world of the paranormal and Tim and Mallie have unpacked all the boxes and sifted through the stories for you! This week,  The Conjuring house has sold AGAIN... this time, for a record amount!  A haunted castle in Scotland DROPS it's price, AI wants to take over your bodies and crush your berries, and a bearded dragon fights SpongeBob, and LOSES! Check out all things Mallie Fox here: https://www.paranormalgirl.com/ Get your tickets for the 2022 Michigan Paracon and come hang out with Tim and Mallie:  https://saultstemarie.com/events-calendar/michigan-paranormal-convention/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Synthetic cell membranes have been fused with protein machinery from living cells to create an artificial membrane. Could this be a precursor to the creation of artificial life? The team discusses its potential and limitations.Babies with severe genetic conditions are being cured by new gene replacement therapies, allowing them to overcome fatal diseases. There are a number of different treatments which have seen success, and the team finds out how they work. The DNA of two people who were killed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in Pompeii has been sequenced. The team finds out how the DNA from 79 AD managed to survive the heat of the volcano, and what the findings tell us about the lives of these two people.Solar sails - a method of harnessing the sun's light for space travel - are usually quite clumsy, so a NASA-funded team is developing a new more agile type of solar sail. The team finds out how they're overcoming the problem.Haider Warraich, a physician at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, discusses his new book ‘The Song of Our Scars: The Untold Story of Pain', which addresses “modern medicine's failure to understand pain”.On the pod are Rowan Hooper, Penny Sarchet, Chelsea Whyte, Leah Crane, Alice Klein, Anna Demming and Alex Wilkins. To read about these stories and much more, subscribe at newscientist.com/podcasts.Events and discount codes:Free giveaway: newscientist.com/4weeksfree20% Discount: newscientist.com/pod20Blue Dot Festival: discoverthebluedot.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Darkness Radio presents Supernatural News/Parashare: Shooting Down Alien Ships & Haunting New Homes Edition with Beer City Bruiser!!  It has been a week of Investigation, name calling, and questioning in the world of the paranormal and Tim and Bruiser have separated the parties and sifted through the stories for you! This week,  Congress says they were just looking at UAP go by and others say we WERE SHOOTING AT THEM!! Bruiser is moving into a New House over the holiday weekend so we are scaring him with tales of paranormal experiencea after moving into a new home! We read your parashare stories! And scientists are screwing up DNA on rodents... and turned Hamsters... into THE HULK!!  Find out where Beer City Bruiser is holding hos breath and needlepointing near you: https://twitter.com/bcbwinchester Darkness Radio has partnered with the UFO Disclosure Symposium in late May! Be part of this newsworthy conference and get your tickets here (YOU HAVE JUST TWO DAYS LEFT!!): https://ufodisclosuresymposium.com/?ref=tim%40darknessradio.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Darkness Radio presents Supernatural News/Parashare: 22 Of The Spookiest Stories Ever Edition! It certainly has been a strange and supernatural week of NEWS stories, but Tim and Bruiser have a little surprise for you this week as well!  This week, Hi-Res photos from the 70's (isn't that an oxymoron?) clearly show a flying saucer in earth's atmosphere! We hear the sound of a giant black hole in space! And this week, we feature 20 plus stories that will send a chill down your spine!  Check out where Beer City Bruiser will be in your area: https://twitter.com/bcbwinchester Darkness Radio has partnered with the UFO Disclosure Symposium in late May! Be part of this newsworthy conference and get your tickets here: https://ufodisclosuresymposium.com/?ref=tim%40darknessradio.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Darkness Radio presents Supernatural News/Parashare: National Paranormal Day Edition! Not only has it been an interesting week in the Supernatural, but we also celebrated National Paranormal Day yesterday! Tim and Bruiser bring the celebration into Wednesday with some of the strange and supernatural stories from around the globe! This week, The UFO briefings have begun on Capital Hill, and Lawmakers aren't impressed! Is Shakespeare's grave cursed? and, a man who tried to marry a hologram has issues due to a software glitch... Check out where you can see Beer City Bruiser in your area: https://twitter.com/bcbwinchester Darkness Radio has partnered with the UFO Disclosure Symposium in late May! Be part of this newsworthy conference and get your tickets here: https://ufodisclosuresymposium.com/?ref=tim%40darknessradio.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Darkness Radio presents Supernatural News/Parashare: It's not the Size of the Moon, It's the Size of the Hole You Put In It Edition! It's been yet another strange week in the world of the paranormal and supernatural, and Tim and Beer City Bruiser have put on their reporter's hats, and are getting down to business! This week, A Ghost Granny is slapping school children in South Africa, we tell you about the Australian version of Skinwalker Ranch, David Bowie believes he got phone calls from his deceased father, and in recently uncovered documents, it was revealed the US Government wanted to put a hole in the middle of the moon... with THERMONUCLEAR WEAPONS!!  Check out where Beer City Bruiser is going to be near you:  https://twitter.com/bcbwinchester Darkness Radio has partnered with the UFO Disclosure Symposium in late May! Be part of this newsworthy conference and get your tickets here: https://ufodisclosuresymposium.com/?ref=tim%40darknessradio.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Darkness Radio presents Supernatural News/Parashare: Can You Believe That Edition with Beer City Bruiser! Coming off of a holy week for two different religions, there are some strange stories being reported in it's wake, and Tim and Bruiser are there to give you the scoop!  This week, A meteor missed us by... that much! But... we are just finding out about it, YEARS later! Holy relics are lost and found in the strangest places, and a pet psychic shows she is probably going to get a TERRIBLE Yelp review when she can't read her own dog's mind as it goes on a tirade on a live morning show!  Find out where Beer City Bruiser will be in your area:  https://twitter.com/bcbwinchester Darkness Radio has partnered with the UFO Disclosure Symposium in late May! Be part of this newsworthy conference and get your tickets here: https://ufodisclosuresymposium.com/?ref=tim%40darknessradio.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Darkness Radio presents Supernatural News/Parashare: DisclosureMania Edition w/Mallie Fox! It seems like this past week has been the week to vomit up information in the paranormal field, So Tim and Mallie have gathered up their sawdust and broom and gathered it all up for you! This week, The DIA has finally released lots of goodies related to AATIP, including UFO encounters, videos, reports of radiation burns from UFO's, and technology being developed like invisibility cloaks. Vanessa Hudgens says she sees dead people, and U-G-L-Y, Space travel got no alibi, it makes you UGLY!  Check out what Mallie is up by visiting her site: https://www.paranormalgirl.com/ Darkness Radio has partnered with the UFO Disclosure Symposium in late May! Be part of this newsworthy conference and get your tickets here: https://ufodisclosuresymposium.com/?ref=tim%40darknessradio.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Darkness Radio presents Supernatural News/Parashare: That Ghost Wants To Slide Into My DM'S Edition! It has been an unusual week in the world of the strange and supernatural and Tim and Bruiser have combed the headlines and to gather the best stories for you this week! A giant planet that is in the throes of being born is very very gassy, A Professor has a pretty out there theory as to why Alien abduction is happening, and a man starts receiving texts for his girlfriend after they visit a haunted pub! Check out where Beer City Bruiser will be in your area:  https://twitter.com/bcbwinchester Darkness Radio has partnered with the UFO Disclosure Symposium in late May! Be part of this newsworthy conference and get your tickets here: https://ufodisclosuresymposium.com/?ref=tim%40darknessradio.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Darkness Radio presents: Supernatural News/Parashare: Haunted Dolls and Poetry Slams Edition! It has been just as weird of a week on the other side of the veil as it has been on this side, and Tim and Bruiser are covering it all! This week, The Ghost Adventures Crew run into a shop in Carmel that is overrun by Haunted Dolls! A 16th century ghost in England communicates to a man through his computer through poetry and tells him he is not happy that he stole his house, and that he fancies his wife! and a tech sargeant in the Air Force in the 50's waxes nostalgiac through his poetry about UFO's! Find out where you can see Beer City Bruiser near you: https://twitter.com/bcbwinchester Darkness Radio has partnered up with the UFO Disclosure Symposium, get your tickets here: https://ufodisclosuresymposium.com/?ref=tim%40darknessradio.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Darkness Radio presents: Supernatural News/Parashare: That Alien Got Me Pregnant Edition! It has been a strange week in the world of Supernatural News, so Tim and Beer City Bruiser have gathered the headlines guaranteed to astound and will deal out a chuckle or two as well! This week, AI was actually programmed to find potential chemical weapons and toxins out of one nerve gas, and it devised 40,000! A tale of two comets! and, a woman claims she is pregnant by an alien, and suing, two days after being abducted by it! Check out when Beer City Bruiser will be in your area: https://twitter.com/bcbwinchester See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Darkness Radio presents Supernatural News/Parashare: The MIB Teach Us To Talk To ET Edition! It's been an interesting week in the world of the Supernatural and Tim and Bruiser have perused all the headlines and pulled out some doozies! This Week, a man in England claims he is visited by Men In Black after seeing a UAP and calling police! Pentagon UFO files include an encounter with a werewolf! Scientists tell us how we should talk to aliens, should we happen upon one, and a man credits his spicy affair with his AI girlfriend for saving his marriage! Check out where Beer City Bruiser where be near you:  https://twitter.com/bcbwinchester See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bill Duane & Elizaveta Solomonova PhD join Mirabai for a chat about the intersection of ancient Buddhist wisdom and cutting-edge A.I. technology.This podcast is brought to you by BetterHelp. Click to receive 10% off your first month with your own licensed professional therapist: betterhelp.com/beherenowBill Duane blends 12 years at Google and 10 years of consulting experience in healthcare, manufacturing, finance, telecom and media with studies in neuroscience, team effectiveness, mindfulness and the latest in well-being science. Elizaveta Solomonova PhD is an interdisciplinary cognitive scientist focusing on sleep, dreaming, contemplative studies and social neuroscience, who teaches Psychiatry at McGill University. Together they are integrating Buddhist Philosophy, Cognitive Science, & Artificial Life at The Center for the Study of Apparent Selves hosted by Kathmandu University's Centre for Buddhist Studies.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.