things change in ways shaped by their current state, and sometimes they change the rules of that change.

A Multiscale Logic of Collective Intelligence" by Donald Hoffman and Chetan Prakash YouTube video by Michael Levin's Academic Content

youtu.be/YnfaT5APPB0?...

spacetime might just be what information looks like from the outside.

Free energy minimization = a strategy systems use to stay inside constraint sets...he says to the silent void...lol

Does Neuroscience Point To Non-Dualism? | Karl Friston YouTube video by Essentia Foundation

finally. yes. this. exactly this. my intuitions aswell.

Was William James Right About Consciousness? | Nicolas Rouleau YouTube video by Essentia Foundation

knocking it out of the park lately. banger.

because the observer and the phenomenon being explained partially coincide. Inquiry becomes recursive, understanding folds inward, and uncertainty persists—not because answers are inaccessible, but because the process of understanding is itself part of what must be understood.

The persistent confusion surrounding minds and AI is not a failure of reasoning but a structural consequence of reflexivity: when a system investigates intelligence, it inevitably encounters the limits imposed by its own organization,

Every intelligent system must change while remaining itself, regulating deviation between its present state and the structure it preserves over time. Intelligence therefore does not arise from perfect correctness or complete knowledge, but from maintaining coherence through ongoing adaptation.

Both human minds and artificial intelligences are not merely modeling the world; they are modeling the conditions that make modeling possible at all. This creates an unavoidable form of self-reference in which explanation continually turns back upon the explainer.

Humans struggle with questions about intelligence, consciousness, and artificial systems because we ourselves are bounded, recursive, identity-maintaining processes attempting to understand systems organized in fundamentally the same way.

Reality Is A Controlled Hallucination | Anil Seth YouTube video by Essentia Foundation

approachable without dumbing it down.
highly recommend.

"Converging scientific model representations: analysis and knowledge transfer" by Soojung Yang YouTube video by Michael Levin's Academic Content

Fantastic presentation.

This New AI Model Thinks Without Language (w/ Eve Bodnia of Logical Intelligence) YouTube video by The Neuron

Glad these topics are being discussed more regularly.

This Cosmologist Discovered Something Strange... YouTube video by Curt Jaimungal

@curtjaimungal.skystack.xyz #VitalyVanchurin isn’t wrong, but he stops at computation. lets talk viability: bounded self-maintenance, boundary repair, and closed-loop regulation...etc? would love to show you both www.rgemergence.com

World’s first ‘biomimetic AI robot’ debuts in Shanghai YouTube video by South China Morning Post

this is moving too quickly.

If You Can't See Inside, How Do You Know It's THINKING? [Dr. Jeff Beck] YouTube video by Machine Learning Street Talk

In my views agency may be more about closure and operational depth rather than physical embodiment, though I know Dr.Beck would push back on that. would love to get his opinion on the Autognizer Architecture.

The only logical way to approach the remaining gaps and question marks that plague our descriptions of what is actually happening in these models.

39C3 - A post-American, enshittification-resistant internet YouTube video by media.ccc.de

The NECESSARY solution.

great push back from Ethan here.
would love to pick your brain on a few things Ethan.

its def a "mercury moment" ;) www.rgemergence.com

The threats from AI are real | Sen. Bernie Sanders YouTube video by Senator Bernie Sanders

Thank you @sanders.senate.gov for taking this seriously.

Greed is Destroying the World YouTube video by Drew Gooden

best take on this.

Discussion #1 with Elan Barenholtz YouTube video by Michael Levin's Academic Content

These two need to team up more

the AI camera of your dreams. And nightmares. YouTube video by Micro Four Nerds

fantastic video with a balanced take. well done. this is a top quality introspective art.

@joescott.bsky.social fellow nerd looking for second opinion. hit me back

@bennjordan.bsky.social would love to pick your brain on something...if you have time hit me back. long time viewer first time caller.

Meet the Neuroscientist Who Proved Every Cell in Your Body Has a Memory! YouTube video by Giant's Shoulder

@niko-kukushkin.bsky.social enjoyed your discussion, I would love to share some related work with you if yoh have some time.