{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Thoughtforms Life","title":"\"The Embodied Mind of a New Robot Scientist\" by Michael Levin","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/0f27a9b2\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3514,"description":"This is a ~58 minute talk titled \"The Embodied Mind of a New Robot Scientist: symmetries between AI and bioengineering the agential material of life and their impact on technology and on our future\" which I gave as a closing Keynote to the ALIFE conference in Japan (https://2025.alife.org/). This is a different talk than any I've done before, in that besides going over the remarkable capacities of living material, I discuss 1) the symmetries between how all agents navigate their world and how science discoveries are made, and 2) a new robot scientist platform that we have created. With respect to the latter, I discuss how the body and mind of this new embodied AI can serve as a translation and integration layer between human scientists and living matter such as the cells which make up Xenobots.\nCHAPTERS:\n(00:00) Introduction and framework\n(10:11) Towards anatomical compiler\n(20:16) Anatomical intelligence and bioelectricity\n(29:10) Rewriting morphological goals\n(36:08) Xenobots and anthrobots\n(45:02) MomBot robotic scientist\n(51:24) Future directions and thanks\nPRODUCED BY:\nhttps://aipodcast.ing\nSOCIAL LINKS:\nPodcast Website: https://thoughtforms-life.aipodcast.ing\nYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3pVafx6EZqXVI2V_Efu2uw\nApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/thoughtforms-life/id1805908099\nSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7JCmtoeH53neYyZeOZ6ym5\nTwitter: https://x.com/drmichaellevin\nBlog: https://thoughtforms.life\nThe Levin Lab: https://drmichaellevin.org","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/RCb3ywMRujqkFlQk-NGcvqmCVXmLXgB9KEU-EgFeZJw/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS83NTUx/YzBhYjZjOWVmMTE4/YTAwZDMzOWRlZDcw/MzFjYy5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}