Brokoslaw Laschowski @drlaschowski.bsky.social · 9hBuilding thinking machines. Follow @laschowski-lab.bsky.social for updates.  052
Brokoslaw Laschowski @drlaschowski.bsky.social · 25/09/2026#NeurIPS2026 decisions are out. Congrats to those accepted. If yours wasn’t, keep going. 050
Reposted by Brokoslaw LaschowskiWu Tsai Institute | Yale University @wutsaiyale.bsky.social · 22/09/2026This week at 100 College: Thursday, 9.24 | 10:00 - 11:15 am WTI Inspiring Speaker: Tom Griffiths, "Mapping the jagged edges of AI with the tools of cognitive science" 🔗 wti.yale.edu/event/2026-09/inspiring-speaker-tom-griffiths Open to the Yale community. wti.yale.edu/events #KnowTogether 051
Brokoslaw Laschowski @drlaschowski.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Invited talk at @msftresearch.bsky.social on building computational models of intelligence. Thanks for having me. @laschowski-lab.bsky.social 041
Reposted by Brokoslaw LaschowskiReza Shadmehr @rezashadmehr.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Faculty position opening in computational neuroscience at Duke University. academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/32697 03730
Brokoslaw Laschowski @drlaschowski.bsky.social · 20/09/2026We are not thinking machines. We are feeling machines that think. — Dr. António Damásio 010
Reposted by Brokoslaw LaschowskiGatsby Computational Neuroscience Unit @gatsbyucl.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Interested in a #PhD in machine learning & theoretical neuroscience? Applications for 2027 entry to the Gatsby Unit PhD programme are now open! 💰 Fully-funded 4-year programme 🤝 Close links to @sainsburywellcome.bsky.social ℹ️ www.ucl.ac.uk/life-science... 061
Brokoslaw Laschowski @drlaschowski.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Proud to lead the UofT summer research program in computer science for students from Ukraine. @utoronto.ca @uoftcompsci.bsky.social @vectorinstitute.ai 061
Reposted by Brokoslaw LaschowskiThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 12/09/2026Dario Amodei, who co-founded Anthropic, the company behind the Claude chatbot, called for a global slowdown of artificial intelligence development in a 3,800-word essay on Saturday. His appeal for a pause follows months of escalating concerns across the technology industry. nyti.ms/4AatwIK 921051341
Brokoslaw Laschowski @drlaschowski.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Our mission: reverse-engineer intelligence. Follow Machine Intelligence Lab for updates. @utoronto.ca @laschowski-lab.bsky.social 011
Brokoslaw Laschowski @drlaschowski.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Our new study on bidirectional representational alignment between biological and artificial neural networks. @utoronto.ca @laschowski-lab.bsky.social arxiv.org/abs/2608.18244 051
Brokoslaw Laschowski @drlaschowski.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Are you a #UofT student in computer science, math, physics, or engineering? Want research experience? We’re recruiting students to explore theory and algorithms for inverse reinforcement learning. Email me your resume and transcript. 041
Brokoslaw Laschowski @drlaschowski.bsky.social · 25/08/2026I started in neuroscience. Then spent several years building intelligent machines. Now I study general principles of learning and intelligence. Follow @laschowski-lab.bsky.social for updates. 041
Reposted by Brokoslaw LaschowskiUniversity of Toronto @utoronto.ca · 20/08/2026#UofT ranked among world’s top 25 universities by ShanghaiRanking Consultancy 🗺️ uoft.me/cB7 082
Brokoslaw Laschowski @drlaschowski.bsky.social · 21/08/2026UofT is hiring an Assistant Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering, with a focus on Artificial Intelligence, through the Canada Impact+ Emerging Leaders program. Come join us in Toronto. @utoronto.ca jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...jobs.utoronto.caAssistant Professor - Electrical and Computer Engineering (Canada Impact+ Emerging Leader)Assistant Professor - Electrical and Computer Engineering (Canada Impact+ Emerging Leader) 030
Reposted by Brokoslaw LaschowskiVector Institute @vectorinstitute.ai · 18/08/2026Ontario faculty leading established AI research programs: Vector's Faculty Affiliate open call is live! 📣 ~20 spots for a three-year term, for active faculty at Ontario post-secondary institutions Details and application: na3.hubs.ly/y0zQ4H0na3.hubs.lyVector Faculty Affiliate Open Call - Vector Institute for Artificial IntelligenceVector Faculty Affiliate Open Call The Vector Institute invites applications to its Faculty Affiliate program. Faculty at Ontario post-secondary institutions who are working in Fundamental Machine Lea... 621
Brokoslaw Laschowski @drlaschowski.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Proud professor. The next-generation of machine learning researchers from Ukraine. @utoronto.ca @laschowski-lab.bsky.social 051
Reposted by Brokoslaw LaschowskiWu Tsai Institute | Yale University @wutsaiyale.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Applications are open for a junior faculty position in neurocognition @yale.edu. We invite exceptional candidates investigating cognition to apply by October 15, 2026. Learn more: wti.yale.edu/opportunities/faculty-neurocognition Apply: apply.interfolio.com/189343 #KnowTogether #ScienceAtYale 2139
Reposted by Brokoslaw LaschowskiMachine Intelligence Lab @laschowski-lab.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Meet Brandon Wong, an MSc student @uoftcompsci.bsky.social studying representation learning for neural decoding. His current research explores how diffusion latents affect downstream learning. 141
Reposted by Brokoslaw LaschowskiMachine Intelligence Lab @laschowski-lab.bsky.social · 05/08/2026www.youtube.com/watch?v=UW3j...youtube.comBidirectional representational alignment between brains and machinesYouTube video by Computational Neuroscience Lab 031
Reposted by Brokoslaw LaschowskiAran Nayebi @anayebi.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Version 2 of Theory of Contravariance w/ @dyamins.bsky.social is out! New material on contravariance for Transformers, and the theory of Representational Similarity Analysis (RSA) and centered kernel analysis (CKA)/Procrustes. 3155
Brokoslaw Laschowski @drlaschowski.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Introducing our framework for interpreting reward functions recovered by inverse reinforcement learning. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... @utoronto.ca @laschowski-lab.bsky.social 061
Reposted by Brokoslaw LaschowskiDan Feldman @danfeldman.bsky.social · 31/07/2026The Neuroscience Department at UC Berkeley is hiring an Asst Professor in Computational Neuro. All areas of computational/theoretical neuro are welcome. Deadline Oct 30. Join our neuroscience community! aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05446 #AcademicJobs #Neuroscience #NeuroJobsaprecruit.berkeley.eduAssistant Professor - Computational Neuroscience - Department of NeuroscienceUniversity of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now! 09193
Brokoslaw Laschowski @drlaschowski.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Applications are now open for the Vector Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellowships. Come join our world-class machine learning research community. Apply by August 31: vectorinstitute.ai/research-tal...vectorinstitute.aiPostdoctoral Fellowships | AI Research | Vector InstituteJoin Vector Institute's Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellowship program. Advance your AI research career with world-class faculty mentorship. 041
Reposted by Brokoslaw LaschowskiThe Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 27/07/2026Exclusive: Nvidia is investing in former OpenAI Chief Scientist Ilya Sutskever’s secretive artificial-intelligence lab, part of a long-term partnership that could boost the startup’s access to computing power while helping the chip giant fend off a rival wsj.visitlink.me/UseU5Lwsj.visitlink.me 1127
Brokoslaw Laschowski @drlaschowski.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Come join us in Toronto. UofT is hiring an Associate Professor/Professor and endowed Hinton Chair in Artificial Intelligence. @utoronto.ca @uoftcompsci.bsky.social jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...jobs.utoronto.caAssociate Professor/Professor - Artificial IntelligenceAssociate Professor/Professor - Artificial Intelligence 0137
Reposted by Brokoslaw LaschowskiMachine Intelligence Lab @laschowski-lab.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Aditya Rajeev presenting his research on valence-driven memory prioritization in machines. @utoronto.ca @uoftcompsci.bsky.social 011
Reposted by Brokoslaw LaschowskiMachine Intelligence Lab @laschowski-lab.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Brandon Wong presenting his research on diffusion latent representations for brain-machine interface decoding. @utoronto.ca @uoftcompsci.bsky.social 021
Reposted by Brokoslaw LaschowskiMachine Intelligence Lab @laschowski-lab.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Building computational models of learning, memory, and representation to better understand intelligence in brains and machines. Congratulations to Aditya Rajeev, Brandon Wong, and Samuel Kostousov. @utoronto.ca 031
Reposted by Brokoslaw LaschowskiMachine Intelligence Lab @laschowski-lab.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Valence-driven memory prioritization in machines by Aditya Rajeev, Sofiya Zbaranska, Sheena Josselyn, and Brokoslaw Laschowski. @utoronto.ca 121
Reposted by Brokoslaw LaschowskiMachine Intelligence Lab @laschowski-lab.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Bidirectional representational alignment between brains and machines by Samuel Kostousov, Abhin Kaushik, and Brokoslaw Laschowski. @utoronto.ca 111
Reposted by Brokoslaw LaschowskiMachine Intelligence Lab @laschowski-lab.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Inverse reinforcement learning of multi-agent interactions by Justin Chow, Yunran Yang, and Brokoslaw Laschowski. @utoronto.ca 121
Reposted by Brokoslaw LaschowskiMachine Intelligence Lab @laschowski-lab.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Diffusion latent representations for brain-machine interface decoding by Brandon Wong and Brokoslaw Laschowski. @utoronto.ca 121
Reposted by Brokoslaw LaschowskiU of T Department of Computer Science @uoftcompsci.bsky.social · 16/07/2026@utoronto.ca has announced a new, multi-year partnership with @cohere.com, which was founded in 2019 by former U of T computer science students and has become the world's leading sovereign AI company. www.utoronto.ca/news/u-t-par...utoronto.caU of T partnership with Cohere sets the stage for responsible AI adoption at scaleThe University of Toronto is advancing its commitment to responsible artificial intelligence adoption at scale through an ambitious multi-year partnership with Cohere, a Canadian-founded, Toronto-base... 021
Brokoslaw Laschowski @drlaschowski.bsky.social · 14/07/2026New paper: We introduce a framework for studying how intermediate representation choice affects downstream learning and reconstruction, with an initial demonstration in neural speech decoding using diffusion latents. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... @compneurolab.bsky.social @utoronto.ca 031
Reposted by Brokoslaw LaschowskibioRxiv Neuroscience @biorxiv-neursci.bsky.social · 09/05/2026A brain-inspired framework for memory prioritization in neural networks based on valence www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/20… 042
Reposted by Brokoslaw LaschowskibioRxiv Neuroscience @biorxiv-neursci.bsky.social · 13/07/2026Interpreting Rewards from Inverse Reinforcement Learning www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/20… 072
Reposted by Brokoslaw LaschowskibioRxiv Neuroscience @biorxiv-neursci.bsky.social · 13/07/2026Diffusion Latent Representations for Neural Decoding www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/20… 072
Reposted by Brokoslaw LaschowskiAran Nayebi @anayebi.bsky.social · 13/07/20261/6 Why have deep neural networks aligned so strongly with brains for the past 15 years? What explains it? @dyamins.bsky.social & I make progress on this question in our new paper👇 In a nutshell, we *prove* that for sufficiently hard tasks, the choice of alignment metric does *not* matter. 2317
Reposted by Brokoslaw LaschowskiICML Conference @icmlconf.bsky.social · 08/07/2026Congrats to the 2026 test of time award winners! #icml2026 073
Reposted by Brokoslaw LaschowskiKempner Institute at Harvard University @kempnerinstitute.bsky.social · 02/07/2026📢 Just announced! Join us for the #KempnerInstitute workshop “Learning Dynamics in Natural and Artificial Intelligence: Evolution, Adaptation, and the Foundations of Efficient Learning.” Learn more, register, or submit an abstract 👉 bit.ly/3QwJlHRbit.lyLearning Dynamics in Natural and Artificial Intelligence - Kempner InstituteThis workshop will convene researchers from artificial intelligence, neuroscience, cognitive science, and related disciplines to examine the principles governing learning and training dynamics across ... 1136
Reposted by Brokoslaw LaschowskiUniversity of Toronto @utoronto.ca · 22/06/2026#UofT ranked first in Canada, 20th globally in latest U.S. News & World Report university rankings 🌎 uoft.me/cv3 0136
Reposted by Brokoslaw LaschowskiUniversity of Toronto Engineering @engineering.utoronto.ca · 09/10/2025🧠 Imagine being able to control machines by thinking. @drlaschowski.bsky.social (MIE) and his Computational Neuroscience Lab are working to make it possible. They've developed a new algorithm that could make brain decoding more accurate and efficient. Read the story: uofteng.ca/25h7c8 172
Reposted by Brokoslaw LaschowskiAndrew Lampinen @lampinen.bsky.social · 26/05/2026We've updated the preprint of our Naturalistic Computational Cognitive Science paper (arxiv.org/abs/2502.20349) — we've tried to clarify and streamline the arguments, and added some new examples: 1/5arxiv.orgNaturalistic Computational Cognitive Science: Towards generalizable models and theories that capture the full range of natural behaviorHow can cognitive science build generalizable theories that span the full scope of natural situations and behaviors? We argue that progress in Artificial Intelligence (AI) offers timely opportunities ... 13415
Reposted by Brokoslaw LaschowskiSurya Ganguli @suryaganguli.bsky.social · 27/05/2026www.amacad.org/publication/... my new article in the American academy of arts and sciences journal Daedalus. Part of a special issue in AI+Science lead by James Manyika.amacad.orgToward a Science of Intelligence: Unifying Physics, Neuroscience & AIArtificial intelligence stands poised to transform our society, yet we hardly understand how it works. A synthesis of physics, neuroscience, and AI can fulfill an urgent need: to build a new, unified ... 1236
Reposted by Brokoslaw LaschowskiFlatiron Institute @flatironinstitute.org · 21/05/2026This week, #FlatironCCN hosted a three-day workshop that brought together researchers in theoretical #neuroscience and control theory to foster collaboration. #science 072
Reposted by Brokoslaw LaschowskiKempner Institute at Harvard University @kempnerinstitute.bsky.social · 18/05/2026Thanks to Tatiana Engel (@engeltatiana.bsky.social) from @princeton.edu for a great talk on Friday! She presented modeling approaches that leverage low-dimensional structure in neural population activity to design effective stimulation patterns. Watch the talk ➡️ youtu.be/rYvZoshNUVk 0154
Reposted by Brokoslaw LaschowskiCanadian Association for Neuroscience @canacn.bsky.social · 17/05/2026Blake Richards now : Why Artificial Intelligence needs literal synapses. - how modern AI and neuroscience research converge today 073
Reposted by Brokoslaw LaschowskiMachine Intelligence Lab @laschowski-lab.bsky.social · 28/04/2026Our collaborator, Dr. Sheena Josselyn, explains how memories are encoded in the brain. Could these principles inspire better memory in machine learning? Stay tuned. 021