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Stanislaw Ulam Memorial Lecture Series Ricard Solé Universitat Pompeu Fabra, SFI Lecture 2: Synthetic Brains and Minds: What is Possible? In our search for the laws of cognitive complexity, we use available evidence from existing life forms — we analyze evolutionary trees and make comparative analyses between them. But there is another path for our search — building new theories, evolving artificial minds, and engineering living and non-living cognitive systems. This lecture explores how synthetic biology, artificial life, physics, and artificial intelligence can help us answer questions about the diversity of cognitive complexity and determine if synthetic cognitions are different from ours. Learn more at https://santafe.edu Follow us on social media: twitter.com/sfiscience instagram.com/sfiscience facebook.com/santafeinstitute facebook.com/groups/santafeinstitute linkedin.com/company/santafeinstitute Subscribe to SFI's official podcasts: complexity.simplecast.com aliencrashsite.org
Stanislaw Ulam Memorial Lecture Series Ricard Solé Universitat Pompeu Fabra, SFI Lecture 2: Synthetic Brains and Minds: What is Possible? In our search for the laws of cognitive complexity, we use available evidence from existing life forms — we analyze evolutionary trees and make comparative analyses between them. But there is another path for our search — building new theories, evolving artificial minds, and engineering living and non-living cognitive systems. This lecture explores how synthetic biology, artificial life, physics, and artificial intelligence can help us answer questions about the diversity of cognitive complexity and determine if synthetic cognitions are different from ours. Learn more at https://santafe.edu Follow us on social media: twitter.com/sfiscience instagram.com/sfiscience facebook.com/santafeinstitute facebook.com/groups/santafeinstitute linkedin.com/company/santafeinstitute Subscribe to SFI's official podcasts: complexity.simplecast.com aliencrashsite.org
