Conversations at the edge of intelligence.
Researchers and thinkers explore consciousness, agency, living systems, and the institutions taking shape around them.
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Mihaela Ulieru
Holonic Governance, Tokens, and the Future of Value
Matthew Brown
When Magic Meets Ashby’s Homeostat
Suzanne Gildert
Quantum Consciousness and the Future of Sentient Robots
Cy Canterel
Narratives, Crises, and the Next Economy
Mike Weist
Microtubules, Anesthetics, and the Physics of Mind
Bill Giannakopoulos
Can AI Understand Consciousness?
Federico Faggin
What if science got consciousness wrong?
William C. Ratcliff
The Hidden Blueprint for AI & Governance
Michael Levin
The future of understanding.
Stuart Hameroff
Quantum Consciousness, Microtubules & the Brain
David Silbersweig
Inside the Brain: Can We Truly Understand Intelligence?
Bagaev · de Vries · Friedman · Pashea
Building Smarter AI: Active Inference & Nested Models
Anil Seth
Exploring Consciousness, Philosophy, Neuroscience, and the Quantum World
Karl Friston
The Future of AI and Natural Intelligence
Donald Hoffman
The science of conscious agents.
Chris Fields
Maintain Order and Function in a Changing Environment
Where does agency begin?
These conversations connect research on computation, perception and biology to questions about how we organize society.