In this episode of the Shift, we cover some Dr. Michael Levin's latest in work in "Self-Improving Memory", "the Multi-Scale Wisdom of the Body", and "Evolutionary Implications of Self-Assembling Cybernetic Materials with Collective Problem-Solving Intelligence at Multiple Scales".

Links to the research :

Self-Improving Memory : https://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/26/6/481

et. al

In this episode, we cover the pre-print research paper, "A Beautiful Loop, an Active Inference Theory of Consciousness" exploring the mechanics of consciousness at a neurophysiological and epistemological level.

Link to research paper :

https://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/daf5n

In this episode, we cover John C. Baez paper "What is Entropy" to explore the fundamentals of Information Theory.

Link to research paper : https://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/what_is_entropy.pdf

the Shift ep. 3 : a deep dive into Dr. Peter Hudoba's two decades of research

Tao Science w/ Dr. Rulin Xu and Dr. Zhi Gang Sha

o1 : a technical deep-dive at OpenAI's new reasoning model