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EPISODE · Nov 11, 2025 · 46 MIN

"Unconventional Embodiments: model systems & strategies addressing mind-blindness" by Michael Levin

from Thoughtforms Life · host Michael Levin

This is a ~45 minute talk for an embodied cognition audience, covering my framework for diverse intelligence, our use of morphogenesis as a model system for communicating with unconventional minds, and my views on our new MomBot platform and how it helps understand the symmetries between science and agency, and the novel group minds consisting of technology, living matter, and scientists themselves. CHAPTERS: (00:00) Framing Novel Beings (04:56) Developmental Mind Continuum (09:40) Memory Beyond Brains (15:08) Cells Navigating Morphospace (18:13) Cognitive Light Cones (22:38) Bioelectric Communication Interface (29:51) Xenobots and Anthrobots (35:45) MomBot Embodied AI (42:47) Applications and Ethical Futures PRODUCED BY: https://aipodcast.ing SOCIAL LINKS: Podcast Website: https://thoughtforms-life.aipodcast.ing YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3pVafx6EZqXVI2V_Efu2uw Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/thoughtforms-life/id1805908099 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7JCmtoeH53neYyZeOZ6ym5 Twitter: https://x.com/drmichaellevin Blog: https://thoughtforms.life The Levin Lab: https://drmichaellevin.org

This is a ~45 minute talk for an embodied cognition audience, covering my framework for diverse intelligence, our use of morphogenesis as a model system for communicating with unconventional minds, and my views on our new MomBot platform and how it helps understand the symmetries between science and agency, and the novel group minds consisting of technology, living matter, and scientists themselves. CHAPTERS: (00:00) Framing Novel Beings (04:56) Developmental Mind Continuum (09:40) Memory Beyond Brains (15:08) Cells Navigating Morphospace (18:13) Cognitive Light Cones (22:38) Bioelectric Communication Interface (29:51) Xenobots and Anthrobots (35:45) MomBot Embodied AI (42:47) Applications and Ethical Futures PRODUCED BY: https://aipodcast.ing SOCIAL LINKS: Podcast Website: https://thoughtforms-life.aipodcast.ing YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3pVafx6EZqXVI2V_Efu2uw Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/thoughtforms-life/id1805908099 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7JCmtoeH53neYyZeOZ6ym5 Twitter: https://x.com/drmichaellevin Blog: https://thoughtforms.life The Levin Lab: https://drmichaellevin.org

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