Congratulations to Jacob Andreas, was named a 2026 Edgerton Award recipient!
The award recognizes exceptional teaching, research, and service at MIT! Prof. Andreas co-leads our Language and Thought Mission, and he is a dedicated and creative researcher and educator.
news.mit.edu/2026/jacob-a...
Posts by MIT Siegel Family Quest for Intelligence
Recent news on automating developmental neuroscience studies, facilitating LLM "brainstorming" sessions, and studying how language is implemented in biological and artificial systems.
@evfedorenko.bsky.social @gretatuckute.bsky.social @halieolson.bsky.social
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The American Academy of Arts and Sciences recently hosted a panel discussion on AI & human memory — SQI director Jim DiCarlo gave his perspective as a neuroscientist deeply involved in research at the interface of AI and human intelligence.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCQF...
SQI research is supported by Platforms, innovative systems and software to enable experimentation, benchmarking, and testing.
At the SCC workshop on Human Intelligence & AI, Erik Vogan gave an overview of the platforms, including @brain-score.bsky.social and the IO.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqJ_...
the scientists and programmers from @brain-score.bsky.social have made big upgrades to the leaderboard — this blog entry explains
www.brain-score.org/blog/leaderb...
The amazing Rebecca Saxe @rebeccasaxe.bsky.social speaks tomorrow Wed at noon east coast time in the Bisan Lecture Series.
Title: What People Learn from Punishment
Register here to get the Zoom link!:
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On Point's series on Brainwaves, Prof. Nancy Kanwisher discusses her research on the functional organization of the brain — understanding this architecture will lead to advances in neuroscience as well as AI. @npr @nancykanwisher.bsky.social
www.wbur.org/onpoint/2026...
Can’t wait!
@joshtenenbaum.bsky.social and others from MIT give their perspectives on how robots are becoming part of everyday life -- but further research into intelligence and learning is needed to make them useful.
A new name and a continued commitment — looking forward to this next chapter!
news.mit.edu/2026/continu...
Too many holiday events on your calendar? @wgbh.org talks with @rebeccasaxe.bsky.social about benefits of social interactions.
www.wgbh.org/culture/2025...
If you wondered about the research and goals of our organization, please watch this youtu.be/7rzeIrFjFtI
PIs and students in the Language Mission have published great research recently! So exciting!
Congratulations! Can't wait to see what comes next from your lab!
This New Yorker article addresses some of the questions that SQI researchers are thinking about, and many friends and colleagues are interviewed.
So excited to see this article about @evfedorenko.bsky.social and her research!
We are thrilled to announce our new name today! The MIT Siegel Family Quest for Intelligence will celebrate this afternoon with research talks and poster presentations. We look forward to sharing recordings soon.