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I’m Mad and I’m living in Kraków and partially that’s why I’m Mad.

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01.03.2026 08:20 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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Self-orthogonalizing attractor neural networks emerging from the free energy principle Attractor dynamics are a hallmark of many complex systems, including the brain. Understanding how such self-organizing dynamics emerge from first principles is crucial for advancing our understanding ...

As many of you know, I’ve been fascinated by brain attractor dynamics lately.

Thrilled to share a new preprint on their link to orthogonal neural representations, co-authored with Karl Friston:
arxiv.org/abs/2505.22749
- with implications for both neuroscience & AI!

First in a series - stay tuned!

30.05.2025 07:14 👍 27 🔁 9 💬 3 📌 0
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The Self-Evidencing Agent What is it to be a human individual, an agent? According to Jakob Hohwy, it is to “self-evidence,” to actively seek out sensory evidence for one&...

"The Self-Evidencing Agent" - my new book - is out now with @mitpress.bsky.social

Can be purchased, or just download the whole thing for free, via the 'Open Access' option.

I'm grateful to @anilseth.bsky.social and Karl Friston for the generous endorsements.

mitpress.mit.edu/978026255389...

07.02.2026 08:21 👍 104 🔁 42 💬 10 📌 5
GitHub - milekpl/corpus-lucene-service Contribute to milekpl/corpus-lucene-service development by creating an account on GitHub.

Here's my new little app for searching through your parallel corpora and translation memories: github.com/milekpl/corp... (MIT License)

17.01.2026 16:42 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Cognition all the way down 2.0: neuroscience beyond neurons in the diverse intelligence era - Synthese This paper formalizes biological intelligence as search efficiency in multi-scale problem spaces, aiming to resolve epistemic deadlocks in the basal “cognition wars” unfolding in the Diverse Intellige...

new paper with @robertchisciure.bsky.social

link.springer.com/article/10.1...

"Cognition all the way down 2.0: neuroscience beyond neurons in the diverse intelligence era"

🧪

07.11.2025 00:31 👍 60 🔁 16 💬 2 📌 1
A perspective view of a modern architectural corridor, characterized by a series of tall, vertical columns and expansive glass windows with a reflection of the columns

A perspective view of a modern architectural corridor, characterized by a series of tall, vertical columns and expansive glass windows with a reflection of the columns

#architecture #cracow #kraków #poland #jagiellonianuniversity #photography #streetphoto

04.10.2025 20:22 👍 12 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

A close-up of an ornate stone architectural detail featuring sculpted faces of women

A close-up of an ornate stone architectural detail featuring sculpted faces of women

#photography #sculpture #architecture #oldtown #cracow #poland

24.09.2025 20:08 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The cover of the book Handbook of Cognitive Mathematics

The cover of the book Handbook of Cognitive Mathematics

Price 909.49 Euro

Price 909.49 Euro

Anytime someone is bitching about libgen I know I’m dealing with a psychopath #science #accesibility #academicsky #wtf #fuckinscience #openscience #libgen

21.09.2025 19:25 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

That would be me

13.09.2025 13:55 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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The only way to get EVERYTHING back?

Show the f*ck up for THE TOXIC AVENGER – in theaters now!

#ImWithToxie #ShowTheFckUp

12.09.2025 20:05 👍 9 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0
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Yesterday, 2 schoolchildren were shot and the shooter died. Kids suffer so much violence. And it's dismissed by the adults who could change that.

11.09.2025 19:00 👍 39 🔁 11 💬 1 📌 1
Why Intelligence Can't Get Too Large (Karl Friston)
Why Intelligence Can't Get Too Large (Karl Friston) YouTube video by Machine Learning Street Talk

Karl Friston in #mlst
Philosophy done right! So many references, obviously @drmichaellevin.bsky.social mentioned #academicsky #philosophy #neuroscience #strangeloop

youtu.be/PNYWi996Beg

11.09.2025 15:05 👍 6 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

reasonable work & school accommodations are suicide prevention

11.09.2025 11:53 👍 43 🔁 15 💬 0 📌 1
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Research integrity needs a kindness agenda or we will lose ECRs Responding to early-career researchers’ honest questions with accusations of misconduct is a travesty of open science, says Madeleine Pownall

"Hostility, exclusion and academic bullying should be formally recognised as research integrity issues because they directly impact who gets to succeed and whose voices are silenced."

By @maddipow.bsky.social

09.09.2025 06:28 👍 84 🔁 29 💬 3 📌 5

Here are some of the things @prismreports.org does to verify whether a pitch or piece is AI-generated (I hope this is helpful for others):

1. AI pieces and pitches all kind of look the same, and they're structured the same:
- intro
- Subhead and body of text repeated 4 or 5 times

03.09.2025 16:11 👍 22 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0

I was a student (and probably will be once again) on four different universities and I saw everything but honesty, critical thinking and transparency. Instead I saw hidden curriculum of social hierarchy, academic connections are more important than the skills n knowledge and dishonesty is welcomed

06.09.2025 14:08 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Ok, I went through the paper and one thing is definitely wrong—assumption that humans created or are able to create transparent, critical and responsible academic environment. I mean how creatures that are constantly affected by their emotions would be transparent and honest? 1/2

06.09.2025 14:01 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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It's time to go in HARD for THE TOXIC AVENGER – only in theaters NOW!

Show the f*ck up and get tickets NOW.

#ImWithToxie #TheToxicAvenger #ShowTheFckUp #TheHeroWeNeedNow

30.08.2025 16:08 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

The only legitimate reason to still be on Twitter/X is if you are doing research on misinformation and extremism.

22.08.2025 15:32 👍 36 🔁 8 💬 3 📌 0

The kicker, of course, being that every teacher teaches in a "neurodiverse classroom".

22.08.2025 11:57 👍 76 🔁 9 💬 2 📌 2
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Margaret Boden, Philosopher of Artificial Intelligence, Dies at 88

It's a shame it took me almost a month to find out Margaret Boden died. And it's a shame it took most media a month to write about one of the greatest philosophers of the last century.

#philosophy #philsci #ai #cogsci

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/s...

16.08.2025 19:01 👍 33 🔁 14 💬 0 📌 0
Book cover of “Human Cognitive Diversity” by Ingo Brigandt, in the Cambridge Elements: The Philosophy of Biology series. Against a black background, the title is surrounded by Ernst Haeckel’s illustrations of marine organisms—radial, symmetrical forms in vivid blues, oranges, reds, and greens.

Book cover of “Human Cognitive Diversity” by Ingo Brigandt, in the Cambridge Elements: The Philosophy of Biology series. Against a black background, the title is surrounded by Ernst Haeckel’s illustrations of marine organisms—radial, symmetrical forms in vivid blues, oranges, reds, and greens.

New Element in the Philosophy of Biology series—free to download until August 26! Ingo Brigandt explores how to scientifically represent & explain human cognitive diversity, set against the assumption of a shared human nature 👇🧠 www.cambridge.org/core/element... #HPBio #philsky #neuroskyence #HPS

18.08.2025 14:09 👍 54 🔁 23 💬 1 📌 1

Top Researchers May Suppress More Information Than They Provide: Surveying NBER Dismissive Literature Reviews
#AcademicSky

nonpartisaneducation.org/Review/Artic...

17.08.2025 00:55 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Chimpanzees pick up communication styles from their moms, not their dads A new study finds that chimpanzee babies learn vocal and visual communication patterns from their mothers. The findings may shed light on the way human babies learn from those close to them.

A new study finds that chimpanzee babies learn vocal and visual communication patterns from their mothers. The findings may shed light on the way human babies learn from those close to them.

16.08.2025 17:16 👍 333 🔁 45 💬 15 📌 4
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A New Partner – Acid Chimp! in TOXIE TEAM-UP #3 Acid Chimp—AHOY's most cheerful character, who lives to splash corrosive acid on people—hits the Tromaville concert scene!

A New Partner - Acid Chimp! in @ahoycomicmags.bsky.social's TOXIE TEAM-UP #3 by @bryceingman.bsky.social, @sandyjarrell.com & @robsteen.bsky.social + @baheds.bsky.social w/ @thecarollay.bsky.social + @kekw-writer.bsky.social w/ @steveconley.bsky.social #ExpectMore

comicsbodega.com/preview-toxi...

15.08.2025 19:12 👍 7 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0

Sal Buscema?

10.08.2025 20:21 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Ah, ok, now I see… good point

10.08.2025 13:18 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

The real problem is when the potential patients are using chatbots this way, because then it’s independent of any decision made by professionals, simply “it doesn’t matter” in this case. The problem will be only bigger, no matter what regulations will be applied.

10.08.2025 13:03 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Yeah, people often tell very stupid shit to let you know what they think about you and that they don’t want to talk on your level, probably it’s statistically significant and language models can pick up the pattern. Stupid question, stupid answer.

10.08.2025 11:25 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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@martalempart.bsky.social wygrała z @OrdoIuris o słynne zdanie, którego nie mogła przez lata wypowiadać.
To znaczy, że nie musicie się bać mowić, że Ordo Iuris to finansowani przez Kreml fundamentaliści.

01.07.2025 21:00 👍 47 🔁 19 💬 3 📌 0