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Anil Seth @anilseth.bsky.social · 12h

Not with these specific monks

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Ivan Tchankov @ivantchankov.bsky.social · 15h

Do I really exist?
/listen to this podcast and wait for the answer/

Anil Seth @anilseth.bsky.social · 25d

I'm delighted happy to feature on the homepage of Die Zeit @diezeit.bsky.social today, for the first in a new feature of theirs, called "Just One Question", launching across print, online, audio, video, & newsletter www.zeit.de/wissen/2025-...

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Anil Seth @anilseth.bsky.social · 1d

A few highlights from six days in magical Bhutan 🇧🇹

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Anil Seth @anilseth.bsky.social · 1d

Better late than never I suppose ;)

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Gualtiero Piccinini @gualtiero.bsky.social · 3d

My commentary on Anil Seth's forthcoming BBS target article defending biological naturalism has been accepted. It's entitled "The Neurobiophysical Substrate of Consciousness":
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Ned Block @neddo.bsky.social · 4d

Can Only Meat Machines be Conscious? New paper in Trends in Cognitive Sciences, free download until November 26 with this URL: authors.elsevier.com/a/1luwh4sIRv...

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Anil Seth @anilseth.bsky.social · 6d

Looking forward to this! Thank you @pessoabrain.bsky.social for the invitation 🙏🏽👇🏽

PessoaBrain @pessoabrain.bsky.social · 7d

𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗯𝗶𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗻𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗺
Is consciousness tied to biological brains?
Neuro&Philo Salon present+discussion with @anilseth.bsky.social of his BBS target paper!
October 23, noon USA eastern
#neuroskyence
Register: umd.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Anil Seth @anilseth.bsky.social · 9d

Great summary- thanks Philip!

Philip Ball @philipcball.bsky.social · 9d

You might imagine that an event celebrating 75 years of the Turing Test would be all "Wasn't he prescient, and look, now we really do have machines that think!" Mercifully, this event yesterday was close to the opposite. /1
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Celebrating the 75th anniversary of the Turing Test | Royal Society

An event celebrating the 75th anniversary of the Turing Test, held at the Royal Society on 2 October 2025.

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Shannon Vallor @shannonvallor.bsky.social · 10d

This was a truly heartening day, with deeply thoughtful challenges to the dominant narrative framed around AGI, coming from across disciplines and perspectives. Felt like the tide might finally be turning a bit, at least among the scientific community. Thanks @royalsociety.org!

Anil Seth @anilseth.bsky.social · 11d

1/2 I'm looking forward to taking part in a panel on AGI and the Turing Test, tomorrow afternoon (Thurs 2nd Oct) at the @royalsociety.org, w/ Dame Wendy Hall, Shannon Vallor, William Isaac, & Sir Nigel Shadbolt. royalsociety.org/science-even...

Celebrating the 75th anniversary of the Turing Test | Royal Society

An event celebrating the 75th anniversary of the Turing Test, held at the Royal Society on 2 October 2025.

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Anil Seth @anilseth.bsky.social · 11d

Wonderful news and well deserved! Congrats Guillaume 👏🏼

Guillaume Dumas @introspection.bsky.social · 13d

Honored to be awarded the FRQ–IVADO Research Chair in "Social Neuro-AI & Inter-Personalized Psychiatry"!

Grateful to my team & colleagues at @cra-chusj.bsky.social & @mila-quebec.bsky.social, and my family for their support 🙏

Excited to keep bridging social neuroscience, AI & precision psychiatry🚀

IVADO @ivado.bsky.social · 13d

🔷 IVADO announces 6 new #AI #research chairs with the support of the Fonds de recherche du Québec.
Awarded to professors from our 5 partner universities, they reflect the excellence and diversity of AI research in Québec.

👉 ivado.ca/en/2025/09/2...

@fondsrechercheqc.bsky.social #R3AI

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Anil Seth @anilseth.bsky.social · 11d

Ha - indeed!

Anil Seth @anilseth.bsky.social · 11d

Splendid!

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Anil Seth @anilseth.bsky.social · 11d

2/2 This is part of an afternoon of talks and panels marking the 75th anniversary of the Turing Test. The whole event will be live-streamed from 1pm UK tomorrow, here: www.youtube.com/live/GmnBTCKocZI

Celebrating the 75th Anniversary of the Turing Test

YouTube video by The Royal Society

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Anil Seth @anilseth.bsky.social · 11d

1/2 I'm looking forward to taking part in a panel on AGI and the Turing Test, tomorrow afternoon (Thurs 2nd Oct) at the @royalsociety.org, w/ Dame Wendy Hall, Shannon Vallor, William Isaac, & Sir Nigel Shadbolt. royalsociety.org/science-even...

Celebrating the 75th anniversary of the Turing Test | Royal Society

An event celebrating the 75th anniversary of the Turing Test, held at the Royal Society on 2 October 2025.

royalsociety.org

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Anil Seth @anilseth.bsky.social · 13d

Thank you for reading the piece! I’ll read your response with interest.

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Justin Weinberg @dailynous.com · 14d

Philosopher John Searle has died.

John Searle (1932-2025) - Daily Nous

Philosopher John Searle, well-known for his work on philosophy of mind and philosophy of language, has died. John Searle wrote extensively consciousness and the mind, intentionality, and speech act th...

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Humanists UK @humanists.uk · 15d

Could AI be, or become, conscious? Professor Anil Seth explores the mystery of consciousness in our Voltaire Lecture 2025. 31 October in London. Book now humanists.uk/events/volta...

What is consciousness, and could AI have it? | The Voltaire Lecture 2025, with Professor Anil Seth

Professor Anil Seth is a neuroscientist, author, and public speaker who has pioneered research into the brain basis of consciousness for more than 20 years

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Anil Seth @anilseth.bsky.social · 16d

Finally! Someone got it. Thank you :)))

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Anil Seth @anilseth.bsky.social · 17d

Burnham Would

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Fernando Rosas @frosas.bsky.social · 18d

Finally published:
“Toward a unified taxonomy of information dynamics via Integrated Information Decomposition”
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

An information-theoretic framework to analyse complex multivariate dynamical processes ✨

Toward a unified taxonomy of information dynamics via Integrated Information Decomposition | PNAS

Our ability to understand and control complex systems of many interacting parts remains limited. A key challenge is that we still do not know how b...

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Anil Seth @anilseth.bsky.social · 19d

Via @keithfrankish.bsky.social

Ian Dennis @ianindentdesign.bsky.social · 19d

Perfect line and length from Ian McMillan on the other place

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Barnsley Museums @barnsleymuseums.bsky.social · 19d

A poem about Dickie Bird by Ian McMillan which he read out on BBC Radio Sheffield earlier today:

It's the final over
Of the final test
And Time is bowling
The final ball;
And the innings that stretched To 92
Will end just here
'Cos it's umpire's call.

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Anil Seth @anilseth.bsky.social · 20d

New paper! Toward a unified taxonomy of information dynamics via Integrated Information Decomposition, out now in @pnas.org - led by @frosas.bsky.social, Pedro Mediano, & Adam Barrett, w/ @andrealuppi.bsky.social @robincarhartharris.bsky.social, me, & Dan Bor. www.pnas.org/doi/epdf/10....

Toward a unified taxonomy of information dynamics via Integrated Information Decomposition

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Neuromatch @neuromatch.bsky.social · 23d

Neuromatch Academy 2026 is coming!

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Applications open Feb 2026.

Learn more: neuromatch.io/courses/
Sign up for updates: neuromatch.io/mailing-list/

#ComputationalNeuroscience #DeepLearning #ClimateScience #NeuroAI #Neuroscience #AI

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