Now graphically enhanced: "Offend in every way..." Let your old ideas die! "Limited beings in a large world, we'd better learn to move beyond our current limitations. The kind of fragile narcissism that comes with having to abandon a cherished idea or theory stands very much in the way of this."

RE: https://spore.social/@yoginho/116690354726040543 Boosting this little thread once more 👇 Why LLMs will *never* be sentient.

Boosting this little thread once more 👇 Why LLMs will *never* be sentient.

RE: https://spore.social/@yoginho/116680550307487881 "Academics should indeed focus on arguments. But if some of us behave in ways that are no longer compatible with the search for truth, then arguments about personal motives also need to be heard. Science is done by people, whose ideas cannot […]

RE: https://mathstodon.xyz/@gregeganSF/116689984437258435 The great Ted Chiang on why LLMs are not (and won't ever be) conscious. "We don’t need to fully understand the nature of consciousness to definitively say that certain things are not conscious, and conversational transcripts fall in […]

RE: https://spore.social/@yoginho/116680550307487881 "Restoring a culture where we could have honest arguments again, even if they hurt in the moment, and even if we can't resolve them, work together. That is an aim worth fighting for."

RE: https://spore.social/@yoginho/116680080654641368 Offend in every way: a spontaneous little rant about honesty, integrity, and civility in academic (and social-media) discourse. https://www.johannesjaeger.eu/blog/offend-in-every-way Or: read it in thread form ... 👇 #academia #civility […]

We'll be facing unprecedented challenges the coming years, AI just being one of them. #metacrisis #ThePerspectiveStudio teaches us to connect among each other, to co-create without necessarily agreeing on everything. Join us in one of our workshops, or contact us for a free consulting session.

For those who have not seen these yet, despite our best attempts at spamming you:

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RE: https://spore.social/@yoginho/116634055234391590 Here are all the links to the explainers I wrote this week: 1. The Cyborg Myth https://spore.social/@yoginho/116639732478961534 2. Make Biologists Think Again https://spore.social/@yoginho/116645988984164871 3. Why Computers Can't Think […]

RE: https://spore.social/@yoginho/116634055234391590 Animal vs. Machine: Why Computers Can't Think: https://youtu.be/EIZD03bA1cc was my main contribution to the "Wild Thinking" workshop held at the University of Heidelberg last week, and organized by @jekely, Fred Keijzer, & Peter Godfrey […]

RE: https://spore.social/@yoginho/116634055234391590 Make Biologists Think Again https://youtu.be/bbNWh8Wd7Mw a public provocation, given to undergraduate students of Heidelberg University at an event called "Philosophy Meets Biology," which was part of the "Wild Thinking" workshop organized […]

RE: https://spore.social/@yoginho/116634055234391590 The Cyborg Myth: youtu.be/Bx9FV2W7otw a talk given at the Hybrid Minds Symposium at MedUni Vienna on Feb 26, 2026. It takes apart Moravec/Chalmers' neural substitution thought experiment — that you could replace all your neurons with […]

I've recorded 3 recent lectures, on related topics: 1. The Cyborg Myth: a criticism of the replacement thought experiment & computational functionalism. https://youtu.be/Bx9FV2W7otw 2. Make Biologists Think Again: a call for useful & actionable new theory (esp. a theory of the organism) in […]

Hier nochmals was wir tun und warum unsere Arbeitsweise so wichtig und effektiv ist in Krisenzeiten:

Boosting our essay, which explains how we work, and why this kind of work is especially applicable in a time of crisis.

Our co-founder @yoginho.spore.social.ap.brid.gy has a series of new talks online. They concern the nature of human "thinking" vs. computation, and the reason why living beings can judge, but machines cannot. youtu.be/Bx9FV2W7otw youtu.be/bbNWh8Wd7Mw youtu.be/EIZD03bA1cc Details below.

This is an interesting discussion with philosopher Michael Sandel about what liberalism as a political dogma is missing: deliberations about meaning and value, basically, without which you cannot have a community. youtu.be/kgoOo8-A7vI

#ThePerspectiveStudio #TheZoNE …went on retreat in #Tschiertschen, where @yoginho.spore.social.ap.brid.gy is from. Marcus drew & we projected the village onto itself. Maps *on* territory. What a place for a studio! Or your own retreat? Interested? Let us know. theperspective.studio the-zone.at

The Perspective Studio is now on #Bluesky, and bridges into the #Fediverse! Follow @perspectivestudio.bsky.social to get updates. We are: Marcus Neustetter, artist, and @yoginho#bluesky#fediversebiologist & philosopher. You can find us at https://theperspective.studio We want to co-create with you! […]

We use arts & science for workshops, public events, scouting & consulting. We work with individuals, teams, businesses, institutions & schools. We bring our studio & our experience to a venue of your choosing. We help you reframe problems, build teams, develop visions, & map opportunities.

Eine Deutsche Übersetzung unseres Aufsatzes gibt es hier: www.johannesjaeger.eu/blog/the-per...

There's an essay describing our work, published on @lovephilosophy.substack.com, if you want to know more: lovephilosophy.substack.com/p/the-perspe...

We use arts & science for workshops, public events, scouting & consulting. We work with individuals, teams, businesses, institutions & schools. We bring our studio & our experience to a venue of your choosing. We help you reframe problems, build teams, develop visions, & map opportunities.

We are The Perspective Studio. Marcus Neustetter, artist, and @yoginho.spore.social.ap.brid.gy, biologist & philosopher. You can find us at theperspective.studio We want to co-create with you! Searching for meaningful visions in a confusing time. Contact us for a free warm-up consultation!