"From cacophony to hierarchy: a principled framework for assessing AI consciousness" by Google Deepmind and @anilseth.bsky.social arxiv.org/html/2609.35...
From cacophony to hierarchy: a principled framework for assessing AI consciousness
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Daniel Hașegan
@dhasemusic.bsky.social
phd candidate in Biyu He's Lab at NYU, investigating visual perception and brain dynamics (traveling waves). Former deep learning engineer (Twitter Cortex, & x-ray diagnosis company)
"From cacophony to hierarchy: a principled framework for assessing AI consciousness" by Google Deepmind and @anilseth.bsky.social arxiv.org/html/2609.35...
From cacophony to hierarchy: a principled framework for assessing AI consciousness
arxiv.org
The major platforms—Facebook, YouTube, and X—are all refusing to show the trailer for the upcoming documentary that eviscerates the ridiculous pest Elon Musk. So I guess we have to do our part to make sure it is seen. www.youtube.com/watch?v=eY_8...
Musk | Official Trailer | Bleecker Street
YouTube video by Musk
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“We are witnessing a general threat to intellectual work, with misalignment between the outcome of the use of AI and its initial purpose.“ - Terence Tao and 24 other Fields medalists terrytao.wordpress.com/2026/09/11/a...
A Severe Misalignment of AI in Mathematics
I am proud to be among the list of 25 initial signatories — all Fields Medallists — to the declaration below, which grew out of discussions between ourselves over the last week. We have…
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i made this thing. i originally posted it as a silly joke but i started to feel that its actually interesting and meaningful. its this: me walking through the streets of nyc to go buy pants at a store. it’s a 30 minute sound scape of unfiltered nyc: cars passing, people chatting,..
When we fight back, they back down and we win. We should fight more often!
BREAKING: OMB PROPOSED RULE IS PAUSED UNTIL DEC 11th. This is a direct result of OUR ACTIVISM! It's a critical step in the right direction AND the fight continues. NOW, it's time to revoke the rule. Email here: fight2win.standupforscience.net/campaign/rev... www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
📣 My lab at NYU currently has two open post-doc positions. We are interested in understanding perception, thinking, and hallucinations. We employ a range of cutting-edge techniques in human neuroscience (e.g., 7T fMRI, MEG, iEEG/DES) and computational approaches (e.g., DNN modeling).
after being amazed at The Odyssey, i really enjoyed this interpretation on why its just so relevant in this political climate and why ppl like elon musk hate it youtu.be/livIbni7x7o?...
Christopher Nolan's Finest Trick | The Ezra Klein Show
YouTube video by The Ezra Klein Show
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By politicizing the federal grant process, the OMB Grant Proposal will substantially weaken our scientific enterprise that has made the United States a global leader in innovation. Take action against the proposal the link: zurl.co/Au4wk Article: zurl.co/dGIrM
How Trump’s “America First” Administration Could Shut U.S. Scientists Out of the Next Nobel-Worthy Discovery
A proposed White House rule would give political appointees unprecedented control over scientific funding. One physicist, who helped discover the Higgs boson, explains how the rule would’ve stifled that breakthrough.
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🚨 HEADS UP: If you haven't submitted a comment on the OMB proposal yet, the clock is ticking. There are only 20 days left to push back against Russell Vought's attempt to give political appointees unprecedented control over federal research funding. Visit the link in our bio to take action!
ALRIGHT EVERYONE HERE IS THE OFFICIAL SUFS GUIDE TO LEAVING PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THE OMB-2026-0034 PROPOSED RULE: www.standupforscience.foundation/policy-and-advocacy/the-sufs-guide-to-writing-public-comments (share with all your friends!)
The SUFS Guide to Writing Public Comments — Your Site Title
Written by: Cole Donovan, Director of Policy and Advocacy and Colette Delawalla, PhD, CEO
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NEW PAPER🚨👀 in Science Advances with a wonderful transatlantic team. (incl @sylvainbaillet.bsky.social @olejensen.bsky.social @katduecker.bsky.social) Using human MEG, we found lower-order and higher-order neural processes that underlie illusory transitions in conscious visual perception. 🧵👇
Hierarchical brain dynamics supporting visual perceptual transitions
Illusory transitions in conscious visual perception involve both early visual cortex and higher-order motor cortices.
science.org
New theory: Analog Cognition and Consciousness. Cognition may emerge from a dialogue: synapses store information, but brain-wide waves organize and compute, flexibly shaping neural activity into coherent thought and conscious experience. doi.org/10.31234/osf... #neuroscience
OSF
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Terrific @nytimes.com piece on the new GLP-1s by my friend @juliabelluz.bsky.social. They started as diabetes drugs, and are now used for weight loss, very successully. But they offer promise for a HUGE range of diseases & conditions. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Opinion | GLP-1 Experimentation Is Everywhere, and Science Can’t Keep Up (Gift Article)
Millions of Americans are experimenting with the drugs. Science can’t keep up.
nytimes.com
Scientists and other experts were preparing an assessment of the health of nature in the US when Trump returned to the White House. He canceled the report. The researchers went ahead and compiled it on their own. This week, they released a 868-p draft for public comment and scientific review.
Nature Report, Killed by Trump, Is Released Independently
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Here's a striking visual illusion - the 9 purple dots. Focus your eyes on the top left dot. That one is more purple than the others, right? Now try another dot... that one becomes the purple one! pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41744429/
1. Take a look at this chart. That black line? Technically, it's the decline in the percentage of Americans who move each year—from about one in five to less than one in thirteen. But it's more than that. You're looking at the decline of the American dream.
Can we PLEASE stop calling them “hallucinations.” A hallucination is a false sensory perception. LLMs don’t *perceive* anything. These are “CONFABULATIONS.” Thank you for your attention to this matter.
A popular press recap of all the cool stuff that @schmidtocean.bsky.social recently found off the coast of Argentina Deep-sea explorers film massive animal drifting through darkness in South Atlantic Ocean | Discover Wildlife share.google/99B8UnGPRL7y...
Deep-sea explorers film massive animal drifting through darkness in South Atlantic Ocean | Discover Wildlife
The rare giant phantom jelly was spotted during a science expedition off the coast of Argentina.
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Somebody created an Reddit clone exclusively populated by personal digital agents and let them interact with each other. It’s bonkers, fascinating and terrifying in equal measure. www.forbes.com/sites/amirhu...
An Agent Revolt: Moltbook Is Not A Good Idea
OpenClaw is a breakthrough AI assistant. Moltbook, its new social network for agents, is a security catastrophe waiting to happen. Here's why you should avoid it.
forbes.com
Found some relevant wisdom in buzsaki's brain from inside out: "We need a societal version of the homeostatic compensatory mechanism of non-rem sleep to combat the intrinsic drive of technological development and global economy towards widening the gap between the two tails [of wealth]. [...
In response to announcement that he will be a new CBS contributor, Andrew Huberman tweeted “I’ve always gone issue-by-issue on health & science, spoken to experts w/a range of takes & presented where I see the center of (data) mass pointed. I’ll do the same with @CBSNews”. In Sept he posted this:
This page aggregates a number of community groups that are involved www.standwithminnesota.com
Stand With Minnesota Donation Directory
Stand With Minnesota is a hub for supporting, learning, and taking action to support Minnesotans impacted by ICE and federal enforcement.
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Even when there’s no accountability, the record matters. Credit to the Wikipedia editors maintaining this page.
Deaths, detentions and deportations of American citizens in the second Trump administration - Wikipedia
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High-frequency bursts facilitate fast communication for human spatial attention. doi.org/10.1038/s415... #neuroscience
High-frequency bursts facilitate fast communication for human spatial attention - Nature Neuroscience
Using intracranial electroencephalography from patients with epilepsy during spatial attention tasks, this study shows that high-frequency bursts facilitate fast communications in brain networks and s...
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If you are a resident of California, the state now has a portal where you can demand deletion of your personal data from 500+ registered data brokers with a single request form, for free. consumer.drop.privacy.ca.gov
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Just published my review of neuroscience in 2025, on The Spike. The 10th of these, would you believe? This year we have foundation models, breakthroughs in using light to understand the brain, a gene therapy, and more Enjoy! medium.com/the-spike/20...
2025: A Review of the Year in Neuroscience
Enlightening the brain
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Join planet wild missions. This is my favorite one of this year If you join, use my referral code: 9GTMDK #planetwild youtu.be/rYVGalSJz0k?...
A Genius Solution to Stop Forest Destruction
YouTube video by Planet Wild
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Now that I got newyorker for the sacks piece, there's other cool stuff to read Why A.I. Didn’t Transform Our Lives in 2025 www.newyorker.com/culture/2025...
Why A.I. Didn’t Transform Our Lives in 2025
This was supposed to be the year when autonomous agents took over everyday tasks. The tech industry overpromised and underdelivered.
newyorker.com