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Lenore Blum

@lenoreblum.bsky.social

Mathematician and Theoretical Computer Scientist (#mathematics, #TCS) interested in #Consciousness and #NeuroAI (#Neuroscience, #AI). Distinguished Career Prof of CS at CMU, Emerita. President, Assoc for MathConscSci (AMCS) (https://amcs-community.org)

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Bravo! πŸ₯³

27.11.2025 02:10 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
AMS :: News from the AMS

www.ams.org/news?news_id...

25.11.2025 13:05 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I'm very much looking forward to our "Mathematical Phenomenology: Synergies and Connections" workshop tomorrow!

πŸ‘‰ www.uni-bamberg.de/en/bamxi/res... #consci

A huge thank you to our speakers and my co-organisizer @andrewyuanlee.bsky.social in advance!

23.11.2025 16:53 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I am super happy to co-organize this workshop with @singhal.bsky.social, @kathrynnave.bsky.social, @annaeiserbeck.bsky.social, @robertchisciure.bsky.social, and @quantummoxie.bsky.social!

Here is a picture of the location πŸ€—

Join us! The Application Deadline is 20 December!
#ConSci

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23.11.2025 12:12 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Yes, just got it thanks ! Perhaps we can chat sometime.

21.11.2025 00:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Wow! Thanks for the alert to this paper. Is there a way you can share it? I'm interested since our our CTM, a computational model for consciousness, makes decisions without a central executive (CE), see eg arxiv.org/pdf/2403.17101
Most other models, including those from neuro, seem to suggest a CE.

20.11.2025 21:33 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
cover of December Notices of the AMS

cover of December Notices of the AMS

Why do moduli spaces exist as varieties? In β€œEvolution of Stacks and Moduli” Jarod Alper surveys how solutions to this question have evolved. https://ow.ly/6aMT50XsNgS

19.11.2025 13:09 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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MIT Consciousness Club The MIT Consciousness Club aims to foster interdisciplinary research on consciousness at MIT and in the broader Boston area by organizing a monthly event featuring an expert talk on consciousness foll...

Tomorrow 12pm (ET) at the MIT Consciousness Club. Consciousness Emerges From Neural Dynamics - Earl K. Miller (hey, that's me!). Join us via Zoom.
sites.google.com/view/mit-con...
#neuroscience

19.11.2025 12:56 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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See how this wolf steals fish, a new discovery of animals using tools Video from the coast of British Columbia may be the first documented instance of a wild wolf using a tool, according to the researchers who published it on Monday.

wapo.st/447fjOe

18.11.2025 17:49 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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What the Frog's Eye Tells the Frog's Brain πŸΈπŸ‘οΈπŸ§ https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/4065609 - A little embarrassed to admit I've just read this classic paper for the first time and I'm glad I did! 😊

17.11.2025 14:54 β€” πŸ‘ 50    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 1
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First talks from our Mathematical Phenomenology Sprint are being shipped. πŸ€—

youtube.com/@mcs_lectures

Huge thank you to all speakers! #ConSci

16.11.2025 11:15 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Two words in UC Berkeley grant application have led to defunding of 50-year-old program The Trump administration canceled UC Berkeley’s Educational Talent Search β€” a 50-year-old program that helped thousands of East Bay teens get to college β€” over two words in its grant...
08.11.2025 14:10 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Rosalind Franklin at her microscope

Rosalind Franklin at her microscope

Raising a glass for Rosalind Franklin tonight. James Watson absolutely did her dirty.

But beware...

07.11.2025 20:42 β€” πŸ‘ 802    πŸ” 233    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 16

Happy Birthday @keithfrankish.com ! πŸŽ‚ πŸ₯³

08.11.2025 12:17 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Judge Orders Trump Administration to Fully Fund Food Stamps This Month

Another hero today: Judge John J. McConnell Jr. of the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...

07.11.2025 00:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Judge says immigration officers’ use of force in Chicago β€˜shocks the conscience’ U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis said that officers are using excessive force against protesters and that the Department of Justice’s defense for their actions was β€œsimply not credible.”

Today's hero: U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis
wapo.st/4oqYcz0

07.11.2025 00:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I voted today to keep our PA judges!

04.11.2025 18:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

For some reason you have to click the link again.

03.11.2025 19:27 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Michael Levin: Novel Embodiments of Mind: Natural, Bioengineered, and Hybrid Interfaces
YouTube video by Mathematical Consciousness Science Michael Levin: Novel Embodiments of Mind: Natural, Bioengineered, and Hybrid Interfaces

Novel Embodiments of Mind: Natural, Bioengineered, and Hybrid Interfaces
- Michael Levin

youtu.be/kQ6c_na_e0c #ConSci

02.11.2025 23:44 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Lenore Blum: AI Consciousness is Inevitable: The Conscious Turing Machine β€” The Partnership for Research Into Sentient Machines Today's guest, distinguished mathematician and computer scientist Lenore Blum, explains why she and her husband Manuel believe machine consciousness isn't just possible, it's inevitable.

Several weeks ago I had great fun talking about the #Conscious Turing Machine (CTM) with Will Millership & Calum Chase. Links to the podcast are here:
www.prism-global.com/podcast/leno...

Here are 2 short clips:
bit.ly/3JAY7JS (2 types of consciousness in CTM)
bit.ly/4qFGWYh (math's effectiveness)

03.11.2025 17:48 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Mike Levin is a magician! As I've said a number of times before, if anyone could convince me to be a panpsychist it would be Mike Levin. Here, he's almost convinced me to also become a dualist. What's a mathematician and computationalist to do? 😲
#mathematics #consciousness

03.11.2025 17:09 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

This was a fabulous, once in a lifetime colloquium -- and now the videos are available in high quality on the College de France web site @college-de-france.fr
www.college-de-france.fr/fr/agenda/co...
With talks by Edvard Moser, Nancy Kanwisher, Liz Spelke, Manuela Piazza, Luca Bonatti and more!

02.11.2025 15:08 β€” πŸ‘ 54    πŸ” 24    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
Worse than Nothing

"Worse than nothing" on the Supreme Court by Duncan Hosie from the New York Review of Books newsletter:
email.nybooks.com/t/y-e-qktujj...

01.11.2025 15:23 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Judge rules Trump can’t require U.S. citizenship proof on federal voting form President Donald Trump’s request to add a documentary proof of citizenship requirement to the federal voter registration form cannot be enforced, a federal judge ruled Friday.

Hero U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly

www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...

01.11.2025 01:10 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Amy King (@poemz) Dr. Jane Goodall recorded this interview in March 2025, with the understanding that it would be released only after her death. #drjanegoodall

substack.com/@poemz/note/...

30.10.2025 16:02 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If you are worried about AI escalation, …

30.10.2025 15:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Top researchers consider leaving U.S. amid funding cuts: 'The science world is ending'
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour Top researchers consider leaving U.S. amid funding cuts: 'The science world is ending'

Top academic researchers leaving US amid funding cuts

www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLvO...

30.10.2025 02:49 β€” πŸ‘ 261    πŸ” 113    πŸ’¬ 14    πŸ“Œ 10
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Join us for Michael Levin's talk on Wednesday!

Context: bamxi.org/research-act...
To join, please register here: bamxi.org/kontaktnavig...

This talk is co-organized with #AMCS. A huge thank you to @lenoreblum.bsky.social!

#ConSci

27.10.2025 03:44 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Inside the mind of a newborn baby What if newborn babies are more aware than we ever imagined? Philosopher and psychologist Claudia Passos Ferreira shares groundbreaking neuroscience showing that newborn babies β€” and possibly even lat...

claudia passos ferreira's great #TED2025 talk is now online! find out all about consciousness in newborn babies!

20.10.2025 16:47 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2

BTW, our commentary, entitled "Anil Seth’s case for biological naturalism provides a roadmap for a conscious AI", is clearly on the computational functional side. In our commentary, we make a case for our premise, and also address misconceptions about computation.

26.10.2025 19:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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