After several years of work, my lab is starting to put out our first papers on learning in a unicellular organism (Stentor coeruleus). Here we show evidence for a form of associative learning in Stentor: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

I don’t think AI’s success in coding will automatically translate to other fields. That level of performance only works where the output is as easily verifiable as code; and not many domains fit that bill. 2/2

New paper alert! 🚨 We found that the brain's compass is remarkably stable at two scales 1️⃣ the system maintains its internal organization for weeks 2️⃣ It "remembers" its orientation for weeks, even after a single visit This may be key to how the brain aligns its other maps. Paper: rdcu.be/e3waP

To rule out the relationship between cytoarchitecture and function, one needs to be sure they are trying to map correct functions. What makes people confident about it?

On a deeper level: the purpose of arealization is (or should be) be to help understand function; so function has no place on the list of area criteria. If the other criteria disagree with function, that just makes them a poor guide to arealization.

This summer my lab's journal club somewhat unintentionally ended up reading papers on a theme of "more naturalistic computational neuroscience". I figured I'd share the list of papers here 🧵:

I wonder, where would be a good place to do modeling and chat with many people that study different species or do comparative studies? (asking for a friend)

Working with Dan was the best work experience I ever had, don't miss out

Delighted to be in Leeds joining the School of Computing! Fantastic first impressions — like a "less offensive London" (youtu.be/watch?v=_6_VVLgrgFI). Stay tuned for a PhD position starting next October. Meanwhile, drop me a message with your CV and research interests—I'd love to hear from you!

The system seems to be finally broken

As a starter, would like to raise a problem in AI ethics. We should teach AI to be less harsh to people on Saturday mornings