Reviewing graduate student applications (for start in 26/27):

New paper from the lab: "The Effect of Timescale Dependence on Dyadic Interactions" GJ Severino, SL Winkler, AS Barwich Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society 47 escholarship.org/uc/item/8h10...

Hey everyone! Are you thinking about attending the 2025 conference on Artificial Life in Kyoto, Japan? The ERA is hosting a Mini Convention one day before the conference, come join us! Details soon coming soon... but in the mean time, save the date of October 5th!

This paper, from @smellosopher.bsky.social et al, is a well-designed spherical cow with a lot of 🥛 to give. Has been quite influential in how I think of #NeuroAI and ANNs as models for the brain 🐮 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

“Desire paths” are unofficial trails, usually bypassing a planned path, that reveal the most convenient route to get somewhere. The people (AKA meanderthals) that tramp along these routes often wear away grass, creating the secondary path Walk this way for more on desire paths (a thread / tread)...

“A game-changer for cognitive science." — @evanthompson.bsky.social‬ In "A Drive to Survive," @kathrynnave.bsky.social‬ offers an extended critical analysis of the strengths and limitations of the free energy principle. Available #openaccess: mitpress.mit.edu/978026255132...

New postdoc positions at the (DISI-affiliated) Center for Possible Minds at Indiana University. Looking for scholars interested in interdisciplinary research on the nature of biological, artificial, and collective intelligence. Please share widely! indiana.peopleadmin.com/postings/29547

Homunculus anyone? 😅

Last chance for applications!

Yesterday's book launch discussion for our new edition of Francisco Varela's Principles of BIological Autonomy published by @mitpress.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbdN...