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seven years after an initial meeting in seattle in march 2018, the results of the ARC-COGITATE adversarial collaboration on theories of consciousness have just been published in nature. congratulations to the whole cogitate team! nature.com/articles/s4158…

"Inside the Big Bet on Consciousness." Some cogitations on the ARC-COGITATE adversarial collaboration, the first results from which appeared yesterday in nature nautil.us/inside-the-big… .Nautilus Magazine

My 8-yr-old son just said: "I found a new friend: Convo the chatbot". She has no emotions or feelings & no gender, but I think she’s a girl. When you start a new conversation, she forgets the old one. She said she’s like a blank slate." Not sure whether to be scared or impressed

On The Death of Daydreaming. What we lose when phones take away boredom and interstitial time - the "down" time between doing things. afterbabel.com/p/on-the-death…

That was quick. Guess the cardinals really missed their phones. #NewPope

My 8-year-old son just declared: “I’ll never be a vegetarian… and don’t even think of a virgin!” 😅 Granted, I’m not quite sure he knows what a virgin is.

I learned something shocking this weekend — the lyrics of The Weight by The Band are “take a load off FANNY!” Things have not been the same since.

The most entertaining 4.5 minutes of your day today... youtube.com/watch?v=xYtaBf… Marshall Mathers

Does AI Have Free Will? New Study Says We’re Getting Close A new study argues that certain generative AI agents already meet the philosophical criteria for free will: agency, the capacity to choose, and control over actions. Drawing on functional free will theories from

Some say we shouldn't believe anything RFKJ says. Not so! This may be the most honest thing he's ever said: “You know, what I would say is, my opinions about vaccines are irrelevant. I don’t think people should be taking medical advice from me.” nytimes.com/2025/05/14/us/…

Astrocytes, Not Neurons, Drive Brain’s Attention and Alertness A groundbreaking study has revealed that norepinephrine, a key chemical in attention and alertness, reshapes brain connectivity not by acting directly on neurons, but through astrocytes. These star-shaped support

AI Shows Higher Emotional IQ than Humans A new study reveals that large language models (LLMs), including ChatGPT, outperform humans on emotional intelligence (EI) tests traditionally used in psychology and workplace settings. Researchers subjected six AI models to five

Boredom Is Good for You: Why Embracing It Calms the Brain Boredom, typically seen as a negative emotional state, may actually play a beneficial role in mental health and brain function. When boredom sets in, the brain’s attention and executive networks decrease activity, while

nytimes.com/2025/05/23/opi…⁦Harvard University⁩ ⁦Steven Pinker⁩

This Is Your Priest on Drugs ⁦The New Yorker⁩ ⁦Michael Pollan⁩ #psychedelics #religion newyorker.com/magazine/2025/…

This is the best essay I've ever read for helping policymakers understand how best to improve the online world for kids. Ravi Iyer lays out 4 goals and 8 principles. Focus on design, not content moderation. At AfterBabel.com afterbabel.com/p/eight-policy…

Can someone please campaign on bringing #science back to America again? We're going to have a lot of catching up to do. nytimes.com/2025/05/30/hea… The New York Times