Michael Timothy Bennett
@mitibennett.bsky.social
awrd wnning AGI rsrchr (2 awrds so far) | mtlhed | msician | fnishng CS PhD | optmst | opn src enthusiast | michaeltimothybennett.com/research
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happy to announce i just got examiner feedback on my thesis. recommended for acceptance as is, no changes, no corrections :)
link: osf.io/preprints/th...
link: osf.io/preprints/th...
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Do you need your toes to think?
YESS!
Happy to see this one out 😎!
From your humble toes to your noble neurons, you need all your cells to solve your most important problem :
How to stay alive 😎😅
YESS!
Happy to see this one out 😎!
From your humble toes to your noble neurons, you need all your cells to solve your most important problem :
How to stay alive 😎😅
What if thinking doesn’t begin in the brain, but in the ceaseless labour of our cells? Today’s essay rethinks the question of how we become minds, arguing that cognition begins not in the mind but in the collective processes that keep a body alive @annaciaunica.bsky.social
Why you need your whole body – from head to toes – to think | Aeon Essays
Contemplating the world requires a body, and a body requires an immune system: the rungs of life create the stuff of thought
buff.ly
November 27, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Do you need your toes to think?
YESS!
Happy to see this one out 😎!
From your humble toes to your noble neurons, you need all your cells to solve your most important problem :
How to stay alive 😎😅
YESS!
Happy to see this one out 😎!
From your humble toes to your noble neurons, you need all your cells to solve your most important problem :
How to stay alive 😎😅
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I started my PhD on the philosophy and neuroscience of consciousness in 2022. Even though people advised against it, I think it was good timing.
November 26, 2025 at 4:23 AM
I started my PhD on the philosophy and neuroscience of consciousness in 2022. Even though people advised against it, I think it was good timing.
my phd thesis was comprised of 13 chapters, based on 13 of my papers, written under 13 advisors and completed on the 13th of may, 2025. guess what day they issued the degree on...
November 15, 2025 at 6:15 AM
my phd thesis was comprised of 13 chapters, based on 13 of my papers, written under 13 advisors and completed on the 13th of may, 2025. guess what day they issued the degree on...
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Happy to share that I’ll start as an Associate Editor for the Oxford Academic - Neuroscience of Consciousness journal 😎
Thrilled to join this fantastic team !
Thrilled to join this fantastic team !
November 14, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Happy to share that I’ll start as an Associate Editor for the Oxford Academic - Neuroscience of Consciousness journal 😎
Thrilled to join this fantastic team !
Thrilled to join this fantastic team !
paint it black, in the style of pirates of the carribean. airport in taiwan had a grand piano, so i played it. wide eyed little kid offered me a tiny coin afterwards. made me smile
October 18, 2025 at 3:17 AM
paint it black, in the style of pirates of the carribean. airport in taiwan had a grand piano, so i played it. wide eyed little kid offered me a tiny coin afterwards. made me smile
problem solved
October 18, 2025 at 3:04 AM
problem solved
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Moreover, AGI might also require social interactions to become a reality, where cultural evolution (and extended mind) play a major role. It is not by chance that brain and culture evolved together, allowing complex minds to emerge @anilseth.bsky.social @mitibennett.bsky.social
October 11, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Moreover, AGI might also require social interactions to become a reality, where cultural evolution (and extended mind) play a major role. It is not by chance that brain and culture evolved together, allowing complex minds to emerge @anilseth.bsky.social @mitibennett.bsky.social
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Honored to receive the 2024 Outstanding Publication Award from the Intl Soc for Artificial Life @alife2025.bsky.social for our @royalsocietypublishing.org ublishing.org paper “Fundamental Constraints to the Logic of Living Systems” @sfiscience.bsky.social
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10....
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10....
October 8, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Honored to receive the 2024 Outstanding Publication Award from the Intl Soc for Artificial Life @alife2025.bsky.social for our @royalsocietypublishing.org ublishing.org paper “Fundamental Constraints to the Logic of Living Systems” @sfiscience.bsky.social
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10....
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10....
lol. lmao even.
October 6, 2025 at 9:09 AM
lol. lmao even.
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How dit life originate in our planet? How can we create it in the lab?Our @royalsocietypublishing.org Theme Issue "Origins of Life: the possible and the actual", coedited with @sfiscience.bsky.social C Kempes and Susan Stepney is out! royalsocietypublishing.org/toc/rstb/202... @manlius.bsky.social
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences: Vol 380, No 1936
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October 2, 2025 at 9:04 AM
How dit life originate in our planet? How can we create it in the lab?Our @royalsocietypublishing.org Theme Issue "Origins of Life: the possible and the actual", coedited with @sfiscience.bsky.social C Kempes and Susan Stepney is out! royalsocietypublishing.org/toc/rstb/202... @manlius.bsky.social
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Congratulations Dr Bennett!
Incredibly proud supervisor of this rockstar 😎💪🌟
Follow Michael for groundbreaking work on AI, consciousness and intelligence in biological and artificial systems!
Incredibly proud supervisor of this rockstar 😎💪🌟
Follow Michael for groundbreaking work on AI, consciousness and intelligence in biological and artificial systems!
September 29, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Congratulations Dr Bennett!
Incredibly proud supervisor of this rockstar 😎💪🌟
Follow Michael for groundbreaking work on AI, consciousness and intelligence in biological and artificial systems!
Incredibly proud supervisor of this rockstar 😎💪🌟
Follow Michael for groundbreaking work on AI, consciousness and intelligence in biological and artificial systems!
Good news everyone! I have just been made an editor of the Journal of Artificial General Intelligence @agisociety.bsky.social
September 23, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Good news everyone! I have just been made an editor of the Journal of Artificial General Intelligence @agisociety.bsky.social
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happy to announce i just got examiner feedback on my thesis. recommended for acceptance as is, no changes, no corrections :)
link: osf.io/preprints/th...
link: osf.io/preprints/th...
September 20, 2025 at 10:28 AM
happy to announce i just got examiner feedback on my thesis. recommended for acceptance as is, no changes, no corrections :)
link: osf.io/preprints/th...
link: osf.io/preprints/th...
happy to announce i just got examiner feedback on my thesis. recommended for acceptance as is, no changes, no corrections :)
link: osf.io/preprints/th...
link: osf.io/preprints/th...
September 20, 2025 at 10:28 AM
happy to announce i just got examiner feedback on my thesis. recommended for acceptance as is, no changes, no corrections :)
link: osf.io/preprints/th...
link: osf.io/preprints/th...
machine consciousness and @ricardsole.bsky.social's liquid vs solid brains from my interview with machine learning street talk.
watch the full video on yt: youtu.be/K18Gmp2oXIM?...
and spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/2ejx...
watch the full video on yt: youtu.be/K18Gmp2oXIM?...
and spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/2ejx...
September 1, 2025 at 7:58 AM
machine consciousness and @ricardsole.bsky.social's liquid vs solid brains from my interview with machine learning street talk.
watch the full video on yt: youtu.be/K18Gmp2oXIM?...
and spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/2ejx...
watch the full video on yt: youtu.be/K18Gmp2oXIM?...
and spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/2ejx...
my machine learning street talk interview just dropped. thumbnail suggests it might melt your brain but i think you’ll be fine.
probably.
yt: www.youtube.com/watch?si=GMB...
spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/2ejx...
probably.
yt: www.youtube.com/watch?si=GMB...
spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/2ejx...
Intelligence Isn't What You Think
YouTube video by Machine Learning Street Talk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?si=GMBnjti8Zg0t8kN-…&v=K18Gmp2oXIM&feature=youtu.be
August 29, 2025 at 6:14 AM
my machine learning street talk interview just dropped. thumbnail suggests it might melt your brain but i think you’ll be fine.
probably.
yt: www.youtube.com/watch?si=GMB...
spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/2ejx...
probably.
yt: www.youtube.com/watch?si=GMB...
spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/2ejx...
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Brillant talk by @mitibennett.bsky.social at AGI on Stack Theory based on his fantastic PhD thesis
How to build a conscious machine
osf.io/preprints/th...
Over 20k views 😎
Way to go Michael - up to the stars 🌟 !
How to build a conscious machine
osf.io/preprints/th...
Over 20k views 😎
Way to go Michael - up to the stars 🌟 !
August 12, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Brillant talk by @mitibennett.bsky.social at AGI on Stack Theory based on his fantastic PhD thesis
How to build a conscious machine
osf.io/preprints/th...
Over 20k views 😎
Way to go Michael - up to the stars 🌟 !
How to build a conscious machine
osf.io/preprints/th...
Over 20k views 😎
Way to go Michael - up to the stars 🌟 !
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The dream of any supervisor :
To see the name of your student coining a new method / approach 😎
When the shout out comes from a leading expert in the field is even more rewarding
Way to go @mitibennett.bsky.social !
To see the name of your student coining a new method / approach 😎
When the shout out comes from a leading expert in the field is even more rewarding
Way to go @mitibennett.bsky.social !
August 12, 2025 at 11:25 AM
The dream of any supervisor :
To see the name of your student coining a new method / approach 😎
When the shout out comes from a leading expert in the field is even more rewarding
Way to go @mitibennett.bsky.social !
To see the name of your student coining a new method / approach 😎
When the shout out comes from a leading expert in the field is even more rewarding
Way to go @mitibennett.bsky.social !
Honored to have presented my research on @drmichaellevin.bsky.social's YouTube channel!
m.youtube.com/watch?v=boTA...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=boTA...
"How to build conscious machines" by Michael Timothy Bennett
YouTube video by Michael Levin's Academic Content
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July 3, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Honored to have presented my research on @drmichaellevin.bsky.social's YouTube channel!
m.youtube.com/watch?v=boTA...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=boTA...
waiting for my thesis to be examined
July 1, 2025 at 8:01 AM
waiting for my thesis to be examined
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Boy, that escalated quickly... I mean, that really got out of hand fast
June 17, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Boy, that escalated quickly... I mean, that really got out of hand fast
hacker news found my thesis
June 15, 2025 at 2:24 AM
hacker news found my thesis