Thermodynamics makes sense only if one empathizes with the experimentalist.

Indeed, thermodynamics requires deduction from observable quantities, whenever I see bottom up computations or simulations described as "thermodynamics", energetics or mechanics is IMHO better description of these models - just like kinetic theory of gases is not thermodynamics.

Opening speech ALIFE Conference 2025 by Hiro Iizuka. #AI -> intelligence without the body, only algorithmically. #ALIFE -> self-organization & embodiment, physical computing, open endedness ❤️

Some thoughts on why we need to rethink sensors for better AI - From Linear to Dimensional: Reimagining Sensory Perception in Machines link.medium.com/vQCRMuzKHBb

This should be a rule: If you're a pre-seed VC, you don't get to call a startup "too early" for you.

Atomic-scale simulation is basically impossible with classic computing The only credible paths are: 1) Some sort of magical AI 2) Some sort of magical quantum computer 3) Robotic labs to do testing at massive scale If I was starting a new company it would combine #1 and #3

While everyone's waiting for more #LK-99 news, thought I'd share my own anecdote about making superconductors and how hard it can be to reproduce even a "simple" material...

Law and order vacuum is going to cause more violence as citizens are left to fend for themselves. In the end everyone get hurt and too much leniency is not going to do anyone any good.

Applies to atoms as to bits and the pain is even worse in debugging atoms in the real world. Sequence and structures are just the knobs, what one designs for or targets is material behavior. AI is automating the sequence/structure generation part but you are left with more pain

Reminded of these lines from a popular anthem "This happens only in India" :)

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Data is all you need :D

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Just released our first scientific preprint from Apoha At the surface: a new assay for antibody "druglikeness". Under the hood: a physical computing substrate generating a new class of data for protein behavior. We call it Liquid Brain. Instead of predicting from structure

An interesting argument from Oxford biologist Denis Noble: AI needs to be built out of water to become truly intelligent

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I just got a peer review from #Einstein. Not literally, of course, but I asked an AI model to take on his reasoning style and review my paper as if he were on the panel. I actually wondered about it in 2018 when I was writing this paper as its deeply inspired by his approach to

1/ Here are some REALLY interesting findings from a controversial empirical paper asking: *WHY do some people become ENTREPRENEURS?* Of the many findings + hypotheses, a few stand out -SIGNALING theory -REJECTING a system that REJECTS them...