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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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lol. lmao even.

06.10.2025 09:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences: Vol 380, No 1936

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

02.10.2025 09:04 β€” πŸ‘ 67    πŸ” 29    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Meet the Scientist Proving Your Whole Body is Conscious!
YouTube video by Giant's Shoulder Meet the Scientist Proving Your Whole Body is Conscious!

youtu.be/GCnz1e54GBI?...
😊

30.09.2025 11:42 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2

Congratulations Dr Bennett!

Incredibly proud supervisor of this rockstar 😎πŸ’ͺ🌟

Follow Michael for groundbreaking work on AI, consciousness and intelligence in biological and artificial systems!

29.09.2025 08:54 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Good news everyone! I have just been made an editor of the Journal of Artificial General Intelligence @agisociety.bsky.social

23.09.2025 02:29 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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...

20.09.2025 10:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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...

20.09.2025 10:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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...

01.09.2025 07:58 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Intelligence Isn't What You Think YouTube video by Machine Learning Street Talk

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...

29.08.2025 06:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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 🌟 !

12.08.2025 10:28 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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 !

12.08.2025 11:25 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
"How to build conscious machines" by Michael Timothy Bennett
YouTube video by Michael Levin's Academic Content "How to build conscious machines" by Michael Timothy Bennett

Honored to have presented my research on @drmichaellevin.bsky.social's YouTube channel!
m.youtube.com/watch?v=boTA...

03.07.2025 03:05 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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waiting for my thesis to be examined

01.07.2025 08:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The No Body Problem: Intelligence and Selfhood in Biological and Artificial Systems Do you need a body to be an intelligent system? Clearly not. Artificial systems such as Large Language Models do not have a body and yet they are promptly qualified as intelligent and even conscious. ...

sciety-labs.elifesciences.org/articles/by?...

25.06.2025 16:41 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Boy, that escalated quickly... I mean, that really got out of hand fast

17.06.2025 03:23 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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hacker news found my thesis

15.06.2025 02:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
OSF

Here it is! osf.io/preprints/th...

08.06.2025 11:11 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Preprint: osf.io/preprints/th...

21.05.2025 23:12 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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New preprint. My thesis. Comments very welcome. Abstract below. Link in comment.

21.05.2025 23:12 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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How did complex cognition evolve from cells to mammalian brains? What are the key evolutionary events that led to intelligent agents? What about the emergence of AI? Check out this superb book by Max Bennett @manlius.bsky.social
@koseskalab.bsky.social @mitibennett.bsky.social

16.05.2025 17:46 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Cooked a new paper 😎

The No Body Problem - Intelligence and Selfhood in Biological and Artificial Systems

osf.io/preprints/ps...

13.05.2025 13:46 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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Happy to co-edit this Special Issue in Philosophical Transactions for the Royal Sociey B !

We have a rich line up of invited contributors from all over the world and all career stages 😎✨

Watch this space !

14.05.2025 07:57 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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It is done.

13.05.2025 13:26 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

thanks!

13.05.2025 11:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Today is the day.

13.05.2025 10:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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The deadline approaches. Some amazing submissions this year, keep it up! 21 hours left until end of day, 12th of May, anywhere on earth. There is still time to write another paper! @agisociety.bsky.social

12.05.2025 12:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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they told me my work not well known, and I just need to get more eyeballs on it

07.05.2025 03:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Thesis continues. Moar pages!

07.05.2025 03:24 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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