Michael Levin is a biologist at Tufts University working on novel ways to understand and control complex pattern formation in biological systems.
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Michael Levin&#8217;s Papers: <a href="https://drmichaellevin.org/publications/">https://drmichaellevin.org/publications/</a>
&#8211; Biological Robots: <a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2207.00880">https://arxiv.org/abs/2207.00880</a>
&#8211; Classical Sorting Algorithms: <a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.05375">https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.05375</a>
&#8211; Aging as a Morphostasis Defect: <a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38636560/">https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38636560/</a>
&#8211; TAME: <a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2201.10346">https://arxiv.org/abs/2201.10346</a>
&#8211; Synthetic Living Machines: <a href="https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/scirobotics.abf1571">https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/scirobotics.abf1571</a>
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OUTLINE:
(00:00) &#8211; Introduction
(00:29) &#8211; Sponsors, Comments, and Reflections
(10:09) &#8211; Biological intelligence
(18:42) &#8211; Living vs non-living organisms
(23:55) &#8211; Origin of life
(27:40) &#8211; The search for alien life (on Earth)
(1:00:44) &#8211; Creating life in the lab &#8211; Xenobots and Anthrobots
(1:13:46) &#8211; Memories and ideas are living organisms
(1:27:26) &#8211; Reality is an illusion: The brain is an interface to a hidden reality
(2:13:13) &#8211; Unexpected Intelligence in sorting algorithms
(2:38:51) &#8211; Can aging be reversed?
(2:42:41) &#8211; Mind uploading
(3:01:22) &#8211; Alien intelligence
(3:16:17) &#8211; Advice for young people
(3:22:46) &#8211; Questions for AGI

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