Can you say a bit more about what kind of project you’re working on? Feel free to email me about it
Gualtiero Piccinini
"a clear triumph" (!). Thanks to Luke Kersten for reviewing The Physical Signature ofComputation in BJPS.
Who knew that allocentric navigation is computationally universal?
I just wrote a technical report proving this. More precisely, I give three proofs that idealized architectures capable of navigation guided by allocentric maps with landmark structure ...
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of the sort found in the mammalian hippocampal-entorhinal systems can be computationally universal. As far as I can tell, this is a new result with profound implications for debates about cognitive architecture.
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CFP: The Architecture of Propositional Thought: From Cognitive Maps to Language and Reasoning
Link below:
If you know of anyone who has shown this before, please let me know ASAP.
Comments welcome.
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arxiv.org/abs/2603.27926
Smell is topographically organized after all.
A spatial code governs olfactory receptor choice and aligns sensory maps in the nose and brain: Cell www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
We are hosting a special issue on "Is There More to Consciousness Than Computation?" in @nconsc.bsky.social.
Full information here:
academic.oup.com/nc/pages/cal...
With @krysdolega.bsky.social and Yair Pinto.
