Michael Levin presents an agency-based framework for detecting and communicating with unconventional minds, exploring bioelectric networks, morphogenesis, xenobots, and minimal agents across biology and machines.
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Michael Levin discusses how biological systems handle complexity, framing morphogenesis as problem-solving and examining multiscale cognition, bioelectric pattern memory, and agential materials beyond traditional emergence models.
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Michael Levin presents a top-down framework for engineering agential materials in biohybrid robotics, covering bioelectric control, cognitive neuroscience principles, xenobots’ responses to sound, and training intelligent cell collectives.
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Watch Episode Here Listen to Episode Here Show Notes This is a ~55 minute conversation with Michael Johnson (https://t.
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Michael Johnson joins to explore consciousness from the cellular level, discussing cells as qualia pixels, Platonic spaces, bioelectric symmetry breaking, structured water, and intrinsic vs extrinsic motivation in biological systems.
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Michael Levin discusses a continuum view of minds and consciousness, using examples from morphogenesis, bioelectric patterning, planarian regeneration, and xenobots to explore diverse intelligences and synthetic agency.
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Michael Levin presents a philosophical and experimental case for teleology in biology, exploring goal-directed behavior in cells and tissues, bioelectric pattern memories, morphogenesis, and the creation of novel living machines.
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Watch Episode Here Listen to Episode Here Show Notes This is a ~25 minute discussion with Murray Shanahan (https://www.
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Michael Levin and Murray Shanahan continue their conversation on consciousness, the ontology of mathematical patterns, morphogenesis, embodiment, and how to conceptualize diverse possible minds.
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