Mary Martin

Unlike humans, AI can’t flexibly navigate changing environments yet because it does not have a notion of its “self” and what it can do with it.

‘When you wake up and you see that the Earth is not just the environment, the Earth is us, you touch the nature of interbeing.’

A chatbot helped more people access mental-health services

Per this framework, main ingredient to meaningful & flourishing lives: Expand "the phenotypic bound on the amount of surprise people can tolerate in their lives," or: inhabit the goldilocks zone of uncertainty. Fun paper by @PredictiveLife & @JulianKiverste1. Few other riffs:... See more

The challenges of circular economy is a topic many people want to avoid. I mean who wants to be the sustainability party pooper? No-one. On the contrary: you want to be positive and hopeful: we need solutions to the climate and sustainability crisis! And circular economy is a solution! However, we cannot hide our heads in the sand. The problems... See more

Neuroscience now recognizes that the brain and the body are so intimately intertwined that they cannot be thought of separately.