Thoughtforms Life

This is ~23 minute talk overviewing our recent results and the way we think about aging and longevity. It was for a conference with quite short speaking slots so I had to talk fast... Longer talk coming with more data but this outlines some ideas and overviews our published recent work on aging.

CHAPTERS:

(00:00) Aging framework overview

(01:16) Bodies as setpoints

(03:08) Anatomical homeostasis examples

(06:40) Bioelectric pattern memory

(08:41) Rewriting biological setpoints

(12:31) Aging bioelectric fuzziness

(14:18) Sharpening brain patterns

(17:34) Cognitive aging hypothesis

(19:42) Atavistic tissue dissociation

(22:21) Species longevity questions

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Discussion #2 (57 minutes on computationalism and consciousness) with Borjan Milinkovic (https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=AwaZbzsAAAAJ&hl=en), Jaan Aru (https://scholar.google.de/citations?user=FvFOzS8AAAAJ&hl=en%29), and Nicolas Rouleau (https://scholar.google.ca/citations?user=FyOpVTAAAAAJ&hl=en).

CHAPTERS:

(00:00) AI consciousness middle ground

(04:46) Substrate dependent minds

(08:07) Analog computer substrates

(13:44) Zombies and digital computers

(18:56) Polycomputing and observers

(25:01) Felt experience defined

(30:08) Action first embodiment

(34:08) Causal emergence and memory

(42:36) Self versus environment

(46:47) Cognitive light cones

(51:44) Boundary gradients and observers

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This is a talk I gave, ~49 minutes long, titled "Free Lunches: Model Systems for Studying the Agential Gifts from the Platonic Space", to a philosophy audience. It covers some more ways I think about the latent space of patterns that in-forms biology and cognitive science.

CHAPTERS:

(00:02) Research program overview

(05:15) Dissolving old categories

(10:54) Goal-directed morphogenesis basics

(14:11) Rewriting bioelectric patterns

(19:23) Novel embodied abilities

(23:35) Molecular agency ratchet

(27:33) Math and living forms

(33:31) Evolutionary accounting breaks

(41:04) High agency patterns

(47:01) Diverse intelligence future

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This is a ~2 hour discussion among contributors to the Platonic Space Symposium (

CHAPTERS:

(00:00) Strong perception framework

(10:12) Perception model boundaries

(17:41) Penrose and probabilities

(30:57) Quantum interpretations debated

(39:28) Probability dynamics and gravity

(53:50) Relational observer problem

(01:00:30) Dance synchronization physics

(01:12:02) Rituals and group flow

(01:23:43) Boundaries and agency

(01:31:38) Religious possibility spaces

(01:46:30) Numbers in theology

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This is a ~2 hours 4 minute discussion among contributors to the Platonic Space Symposium (

CHAPTERS:

(00:00) Strong anticipation analogy

(08:16) Relational Platonic patterns

(25:06) Finite brains, infinite grammar

(40:05) Beauty and compression

(51:17) Searching for grammar

(01:01:58) Patterns and selfhood

(01:14:44) Patterns claiming territory

(01:29:28) Markets shape selves

(01:43:57) Scaling collective selves

(01:55:47) Testing Platonic feedback

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The Levin Lab: https://drmichaellevin.org