Brain Inspired podcast

Brain Inspired

Neuroscience and artificial intelligence work better together. Brain inspired is a celebration and exploration of the ideas driving our progress to understand intelligence. I interview experts about their work at the interface of neuroscience, artificial intelligence, cognitive science, philosophy, psychology, and more: the symbiosis of these overlapping fields, how they inform each other, where they differ, what the past brought us, and what the future brings. Topics include computational neuroscience, supervised machine learning, unsupervised learning, reinforcement learning, deep learning, convolutional and recurrent neural networks, decision-making science, AI agents, backpropagation, credit assignment, neuroengineering, neuromorphics, emergence, philosophy of mind, consciousness, general AI, spiking neural networks, data science, and a lot more. The podcast is not produced for a general audience. Instead, it aims to educate, challenge, inspire, and hopefully entertain those interested in learning more about neuroscience and AI.

Neuroscience and artificial intelligence work better together. Brain inspired is a celebration and exploration of the ideas driving our progress to understand intelligence. I interview experts about their work at the interface of neuroscience, artificial intelligence, cognitive science, philosophy, psychology, and more: the symbiosis of these overlapping fields, how they inform each other, where they differ, what the past brought us, and what the future brings. Topics include computational neuroscience, supervised machine learning, unsupervised learning, reinforcement learning, deep learning, convolutional and recurrent neural networks, decision-making science, AI agents, backpropagation, credit assignment, neuroengineering, neuromorphics, emergence, philosophy of mind, consciousness, general AI, spiking neural networks, data science, and a lot more. The podcast is not produced for a general audience. Instead, it aims to educate, challenge, inspire, and hopefully entertain those interested in learning more about neuroscience and AI.

 

#143

BI 230 Michael Shadlen: How Thoughts Become Conscious

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28 Jan 2026

1 HR 48 MINS

1:48:30

28 Jan 2026


#142

BI 229 Tomaso Poggio: Principles of Intelligence and Learning

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14 Jan 2026

1 HR 41 MINS

1:41:00

14 Jan 2026


#141

BI 228 Alex Maier: Laws of Consciousness

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31 Dec 2025

1 HR 57 MINS

1:57:54

31 Dec 2025


#140

BI 227 Decoding Memories: Aspirational Neuroscience 2025

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17 Dec 2025

1 HR 15 MINS

1:15:08

17 Dec 2025


#139

BI 226 Tatiana Engel: The High and Low Dimensional Brain

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03 Dec 2025

1 HR 36 MINS

1:36:18

03 Dec 2025


#138

BI 225 Henk De Regt: Understanding in Machines and Humans

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19 Nov 2025

1 HR 43 MINS

1:43:30

19 Nov 2025


#137

BI 224 Dan Nicholson: Schrödinger’s What is Life? Revisited

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05 Nov 2025

1 HR 49 MINS

1:49:02

05 Nov 2025


#136

BI 223 Vicente Raja: Ecological Psychology Motifs in Neuroscience

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22 Oct 2025

1 HR 39 MINS

1:39:01

22 Oct 2025


#135

BI 222 Nikolay Kukushkin: Minds and Meaning from Nature’s Ideas

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08 Oct 2025

1 HR 28 MINS

1:28:26

08 Oct 2025


#134

BI 221 Ann Kennedy: Theory Beneath the Cortical Surface

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24 Sep 2025

1 HR 43 MINS

1:43:37

24 Sep 2025


#133

BI 220 Michael Breakspear and Mac Shine: Dynamic Systems from Neurons to Brains

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10 Sep 2025

1 HR 25 MINS

1:25:05

10 Sep 2025


#132

BI 219 Xaq Pitkow: Principles and Constraints of Cognition

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27 Aug 2025

1 HR 47 MINS

1:47:11

27 Aug 2025


#131

BI 218 Chris Rozell: Brain Stimulation and AI for Mental Disorders

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13 Aug 2025

1 HR 46 MINS

1:46:39

13 Aug 2025


#130

BI 217 Jennifer Prendki: Consciousness, Life, AI, and Quantum Physics

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30 Jul 2025

1 HR 48 MINS

1:48:53

30 Jul 2025


#129

BI 216 Woodrow Shew and Keith Hengen: The Nature of Brain Criticality

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16 Jul 2025

1 HR 34 MINS

1:34:21

16 Jul 2025


#128

BI 215 Xiao-Jing Wang: Theoretical Neuroscience Comes of Age

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02 Jul 2025

1 HR 52 MINS

1:52:02

02 Jul 2025


#127

BI 214 Nicole Rust: How To Actually Fix Brains and Minds

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18 Jun 2025

1 HR 33 MINS

1:33:26

18 Jun 2025


#126

BI 213 Representations in Minds and Brains

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04 Jun 2025

2 HR 07 MINS

2:07:09

04 Jun 2025


#125

BI 212 John Beggs: Why Brains Seek the Edge of Chaos

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21 May 2025

1 HR 33 MINS

1:33:34

21 May 2025


#124

BI 211 COGITATE: Testing Theories of Consciousness

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07 May 2025

1 HR 59 MINS

1:59:40

07 May 2025


#123

BI 210 Dean Buonomano: Consciousness, Time, and Organotypic Dynamics

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22 Apr 2025

1 HR 50 MINS

1:50:33

22 Apr 2025


#122

BI 209 Aran Nayebi: The NeuroAI Turing Test

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09 Apr 2025

1 HR 43 MINS

1:43:59

09 Apr 2025


#121

BI 208 Gabriele Scheler: From Verbal Thought to Neuron Computation

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26 Mar 2025

1 HR 35 MINS

1:35:08

26 Mar 2025