Thoughtforms Life

This is a 1 hour 12 minute talk presented at the 2nd Symposium on the Philosophy of Computing at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. It covers the ways in which biological computation is different from most of today's computer architectures, and concludes with a different way to think about emergence of cognition (not just complexity or unpredictability) in a way that informs how we think about biological and artificial intelligences.

CHAPTERS:

(00:00) Biology, Computation, Philosophy
(05:50) Unconventional Biological Problem Solving
(13:50) Anatomical Morphospace Navigation
(21:50) Reading Bioelectric Patterns
(31:00) Biology vs. Computing
(36:50) Multi-Scale Competency Architecture
(45:00) Creative Interpretation, Unreliable Hardware
(53:00) Patterns, Machines, Agents
(01:00:00) Latent Space of Patterns
(01:08:00) Exploring Latent Space
(01:15:00) Future of Diverse Intelligence

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What is Thoughtforms Life?

A podcast by Professor Michael Levin exploring the frontiers of biology, cognition, and emergence. Engage in conversations about morphogenesis, bioelectricity, and synthetic life — and uncover how intelligence and agency emerge from the most fundamental levels of nature.