Michael Levin
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Thoughts as Thinkers: biology & computer science of inspiration within & without us by Michael Levin
This is a ~35 minute talk titled "Thoughts as Thinkers: the biology and computer science of inspiration within and without us" that I gave right before Chris Fields, at a recent philosophy conference.

Conversation #1 with Martin Šolc: the law and diverse intelligence
This is an initial ~1 hour 2 minute discussion with Martin Šolc ( where we discuss humanity's mind-blindness, the field of diverse intelligence, and the implications of these things for the law - how…

"Biomedical Synthetic Biology" by Lior Nissim
This is a ~1 hour 9 minute talk and discussion titled "Biomedical Synthetic Biology" by Lior Nissim ( at our Center…

"Physical Intelligence: thermodynamic roots of agency" by Benjamin DeBari-Cheung
This is a ~1 hour 4 minute talk titled "Physical Intelligence: thermodynamic roots of agency" by Benjamin DeBari-Cheung ( given to our Center…

"Perturbing Complex Networks" by Debanik Bhattacharjee
This is a ~38 minute talk titled "Perturbing Complex Networks: How Hidden Structure Shapes System Response" by Debanik Bhattacharjee ( given at our Center ( on the topic of porous media and neural…

"From Top-Down Physics to Diverse Intelligence" by Chris Fields
In this ~52 minute talk titled "From Top-Down Physics to Diverse Intelligence", our Center ( member Chris Fields ( discusses the top-down character of modern physics, and its relationship to questions…

"Decoding and Translating the Languages of Biology: towards de novo cell design" by Jian Shu
This is a ~38 minute talk titled "Decoding and Translating the Languages of Biology: towards de novo cell design" by Jian Shu…

"New Bodies, Unconventional Minds: a continuum of cognition (& consciousness) by Michael Levin
This is a ~39 minute talk titled "New Bodies, Unconventional Minds: a perspective on a continuum of cognition (& consciousness)" for a consciousness conference about our laboratory model systems…

"Thoughts as Thinkers: the biology & computer science of inspiration" by Michael Levin
This is a ~35 minute talk titled "Thoughts as Thinkers: the biology & computer science of inspiration" I gave at a recent conference.

Deep Learning in Biology by Dr. Edo Dotan
This is a ~49 minute talk by Dr. Edo Dotan, titled "Deep Learning in Biology", presented to our Center's ( computational subgroup.