New paper with @doctorjosh.bsky.social, @drmichaellevin.bsky.social, and co-first author Vaibhav Pai.
This one is a doozy - in it we show that we can modulate the degree of emergent, multicellular organization in a Xenobot with an exogenous compound (ATP). 1/N
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
“My interest isn't really open science; it's high-quality, rigorous science..often that happens to be open.”
Sense from @casey.greenelab.com
that aligns with how serious scientists see research and the idea it should be "open as possible, closed as necessary" www.springernature.com/gp/researche...
Doing formal/computational theory in a multidisciplinary intersection is wonderful because neuroscientists say it’s not biological enough, it’s too theoretical for AI folks, too applied for theoretical computer scientists, not empirical enough for cognitive scientists, & too formal for philosophers💫
I recently heard people calling the new generation graduating thanks to AI “Summa Cum Claude”
and it’s as funny as it is terrifying 🎓💀🤖
NEW PAPER. Why do larger networks train better?
"Because they contain more candidate *sub*networks that can learn the task" → lottery tickets
This popular explanation uses an appealing but misleading metaphor🧵
We propose an intuitive alternative grounded in theory: escape dimensions
The ability of self-organizing systems to display emergent, adaptive capabilities is a fundamental feature of biological life. Understanding the mechanisms by which cells co-ordinate at the micro-scal...