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Panel on Representational Paradigms for Cognitive AI

There is a wide gap between current machine learning representations and the way in which our minds represent reality. Our mental representations are dynamic, coherent, unified (in the sense that we establish relationships between all our domains of knowledge, in the context of a global universe), and they are updated on the fly. In this panel, we bring some important thinkers and practitioners of cognitive science, robotics, AI and philosophy together to discuss representations for future generations of AI systems.

This is the first in a series of events on Cognitive Artificial Intelligence. The goal of Cognitive AI is to build and understand systems that can make sense of their environment, combine knowledge and perception, learn to act on domains they have not encountered before, make autonomous decisions and explain them, interact deeply with people and human society.

We are proud to welcome our panelists:

Mark Bickhard: Cognition and Truth Value.

Stephen grossberg: how each brain makes a mind: from brain resonances to conscious experiences.

Yulia Sandamirskaya: Memory, intentionality, and autonomy enabled by neuronal attractor dynamics.

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Original Doom soundtrack to be inducted into US National Recording Registry

The original Doom soundtrack will be added to the US National Recording Registry.

Composed by Bobby Prince, the 1993 album will be inducted alongside 25 other recordings spanning 70 years. It was selected from more than 3,000 public nominations.

“Key to Doom’s popularity was the adrenaline-fueled soundtrack created by Prince,” the National Recording Registry said.

Dark personality traits linked to a higher tolerance for morally questionable behaviors

The study contributes to the scientific knowledge about dark personality traits. However, the study was conducted on a relatively small group of students and solely based on self-reports. Studies on larger groups, involving other demographics, and those using more objective measures of endorsement of morally debatable behaviors might not yield identical results.

The paper, “Relationships between the Dark Triad and Justification of Morally Debatable Behaviors in College Students,” was authored by Emma P. Paulson and Terry F. Pettijohn II.

Naturally self-reactive B cells are poised to cross the selection barrier into autoimmune germinal centers

Circulating B cells often react to self-antigen, but whether this predisposes for autoimmunity is unclear. Using a mouse model of lupus erythematosus, Zhu et al. demonstrate that human B cells displaying naturally autoreactive immunoglobulin sequences are advantaged for retention when immune tolerance is broken.

China’s lab-grown heart organoid could offer alternative to pacemakers

A team of scientists in Shanghai has developed a lab-grown biological pacemaker designed to mimic the heart’s natural rhythm control system. By working with human pluripotent stem cells, which can transform into many different types of tissue, the researchers created a three-dimensional sinoatrial node organoid capable of generating electrical impulses, the South China Morning Post reported.

To make the system more lifelike, the team linked the organoid to an artificial cardiac plexus, a network of nerves located near the base of the heart that helps regulate heartbeat activity. The achievement allowed researchers to recreate how the nervous system communicates with the heart, opening potential new paths for studying irregular heart rhythms and developing future treatments that could reduce reliance on electronic pacemakers.

The research, published in the journal Cell Stem Cell involved scientists from the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Fudan University. The team focused on the sinoatrial node, the tiny part of the heart responsible for controlling its rhythm. Although it plays a critical role in keeping the heart beating properly, the structure has been difficult for scientists to study because of its small size and hard-to-reach location inside the heart.

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