iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Dwayne Godwin, PhD @dwaynegodwin.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

The 2026 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine goes to the developers of optogenetics. Did you know that optogenetics is based on a discovery made in green algae? Well, now you do! Here’s a comic explainer we did back when it was still new. @phdcomics.com 🧠 #neuroskyence #neuroscience

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Drosophila @malecnsfly.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

a day in my life, part 5: the bad fruit. something bitter on my tongue. 52,175 spikes later my backing-up neurons fire. no second sip. the brain below is the real run, spike for spike. #SciArt #drosophila #neuroskyence

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Dwayne Godwin, PhD @dwaynegodwin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

It seems there’s scary news about artificial intelligence every day. My recent Substack posts deal with some of the questions our society is now facing about AI. They’re all heavily researched and presented in non-specialist language:🧵🧠

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Dwayne Godwin, PhD @dwaynegodwin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Thanks for the constructive feedback.

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Dwayne Godwin, PhD @dwaynegodwin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

These essays are less about the details of AI models, and are more centered on the human questions of how this powerful technology affects our own minds, and exploits our very human biases. #AISafety #Superintelligence #neuroscience

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Dwayne Godwin, PhD @dwaynegodwin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

5) Who is responsible for rogue AI? "Non Compos Machinae" examines accountability when AI causes harm, with a suggestion that AI deployment is a bit like a clinical trial where we are unwitting test subjects. dwaynegodwin.substack.com/p/non-compos...

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Non Compos Machinae

Who pays the price when AI goes rogue?

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Dwayne Godwin, PhD @dwaynegodwin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

4) Is AI deskilling creativity? “Is Wonder Dead? What we lose in a world of easy answers” asks what happens to our own human cognition and creativity in a world where AI serves up answers within seconds. dwaynegodwin.substack.com/p/is-wonder-...

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Is Wonder Dead?

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Dwayne Godwin, PhD @dwaynegodwin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

3) How is AI affecting our own minds? “AI Slop is Hacking Your Brain (Here's how to stop it)” Examines the flood of AI-generated content on social media, how it plays to human biases, and how to determine whether something is real or fake. dwaynegodwin.substack.com/p/ai-slop-is...

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AI Slop is Hacking Your Brain

(Here's how to stop it)

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Dwayne Godwin, PhD @dwaynegodwin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

2) Is AI Conscious? “Is There a Ghost in the Machine?" Addresses the concept of AI consciousness, by establishing an easy-to-understand definition of consciousness, why LLMs don’t fit the definition, and what would be needed to create a truly conscious AI. dwaynegodwin.substack.com/p/is-there-a...

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Is There a Ghost in the Machine?

Why language alone does not make a mind.

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Dwayne Godwin, PhD @dwaynegodwin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

1) Are we Safe? “P(Doom)" is a sober assessment of AI security, and why discussions about AI underestimate the danger posed by current AI, and overestimate the possibility of human extinction. AI has features that make conventional regulation challenging. dwaynegodwin.substack.com/p/pdoom

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Why the outlook on extinction-level AI is both better and worse than you think

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The Transmitter @thetransmitter.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The assumption that waking life consists of a “stream” of conscious representations has inadvertently led consciousness science to its current impasse, write Francis Fallon and Michael Pitts. #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/consciousnes...

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Revisiting the neural correlates of consciousness

The assumption that waking life consists of a stream of conscious representations has inadvertently led consciousness science to its current impasse.

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Dwayne Godwin, PhD @dwaynegodwin.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

P(Doom): Why the Outlook on Extinction-Level AI Is Both Better and Worse Than You Think. I debunk the idea that you can calculate the probability of a doomsday scenario, outline more immediate hazards of AI, and propose regulatory solutions. dwaynegodwin.substack.com/p/pdoom #policy #neuroskyence 🧠

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Why the Outlook on Extinction-Level AI Is Both Better and Worse Than You Think

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Why the Outlook on Extinction-Level AI Is Both Better and Worse Than You Think

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Dwayne Godwin, PhD @dwaynegodwin.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

In this essay, I compare devices meant to shock and immobilize people with each other, and with clinical devices, raising questions about the risk of escalation when they’re used to control a human being. dwaynegodwin.substack.com/p/shock-value #neuroskyence 🧠

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Dwayne Godwin, PhD @dwaynegodwin.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

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Dwayne Godwin, PhD @dwaynegodwin.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

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Dwayne Godwin, PhD @dwaynegodwin.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

New Post: Is it possible to live forever in a digital form? And if you manage to do it, is what remains really you? dwaynegodwin.substack.com/p/how-to-liv... #neuroskyence 🧠 #neuroscience #cognition

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Dwayne Godwin, PhD @dwaynegodwin.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

New Substack Essay: A conspiracy theory has flourished on social media about Helen Keller. But a closer examination of her life reveals something far more interesting about language, thought, and our internal world. dwaynegodwin.substack.com/p/once-more-... #neuroskyence 🧠 #neuroscience

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Once More, with Feeling

Helen Keller and the Hidden Potential of the Human Mind

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Dwayne Godwin, PhD @dwaynegodwin.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Brenda Milner is 108 years old! Here's a comic about her famous patient, HM, reviewing her seminal contribution to our understanding of learning and memory. A chapter of our book, "OUT OF YOUR MIND" is devoted to memory, available here: www.amazon.com/Out-Your-Min... #neuroskyence 🧠 #neuroscience

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Dwayne Godwin, PhD @dwaynegodwin.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

New Post: Remembering the Future. On the relationship between mental time travel and human memory. dwaynegodwin.substack.com/p/rememberin... #neuroskyence #neuroscience @pantheonbooks.bsky.social

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Dwayne Godwin, PhD @dwaynegodwin.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

New Substack post: "The Lies We Tell Ourselves." An analysis and indictment of polygraphs. #neuroskyence @pantheonbooks.bsky.social

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The Transmitter @thetransmitter.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Neuro Funding Finder helps you find grants, fellowships and funding opportunities for neuroscience research. Filter results by location, career stage and grant type to streamline your search. Explore now: thetransmitter.org/neuroscience... #neuroskyence

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Emily R. Trunnell, Ph.D. @ertrunnell.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

🗣 “Having identified these fundamental building blocks, we’ve set the table for us to begin answering some really interesting questions,” said Cai. www.nih.gov/news-events/...

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Researchers discover single-cell brain activity that underlies human speech

With neuronal data, AI models predicted grammar, meaning, and context of spoken sentences.

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Neuroskeptic @neuroskeptic.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

In-scanner thoughts contribute to resting-state functional connectivity pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42365014/ I've long thought that this is the "elephant in the room" of resting state #fMRI esp. for comparing groups. If two groups think & feel differently in the scanner, of course rsfMRI will differ!

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Dwayne Godwin, PhD @dwaynegodwin.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

From my new piece on Substack: "The trolley problem becomes a live implementation trial, run on public infrastructure, with all of us as unwitting subjects." #Neuroskyence dwaynegodwin.substack.com/p/non-compos...

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Non Compos Machinae

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El Jardín de Charles @crciencia.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

BIBLIOTECA CIENCIA 📚🆕 Más allá de la mente. Los mayores misterios del cerebro humano (Dwayne Godwin) www.planetadelibros.com/libro-mas-al... vía @planetadelibros.bsky.social #Neurociencia

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Dwayne Godwin, PhD @dwaynegodwin.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

The question is less, "Will AI take my job?" and more, "Are we surrendering our jobs to AI?" #neuroskyence #neuroscience #cognition @pantheonbooks.bsky.social

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Dwayne Godwin, PhD @dwaynegodwin.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

New post: The cognitive cost of the shrinking gap between questions and easy answers. dwaynegodwin.substack.com/p/is-wonder-...

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Is Wonder Dead?

What we lose in a world of easy answers

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Dwayne Godwin, PhD @dwaynegodwin.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Lightning in a bottle: A tale of chemistry, seduction and survival at the edge of darkness. dwaynegodwin.substack.com/p/lightning-... #neuroskyence #neuroscience @pantheonbooks.bsky.social @phdcomics.com

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Dwayne Godwin, PhD @dwaynegodwin.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

¡Hola, amigos! Me complace anunciar la traducción al español de «Out of Your Mind: The Biggest Mysteries of the Human Brain». Las historias incluyen las contribuciones de los neurocientíficos Santiago Ramón y Cajal y José Delgado. ¡Ya disponible! #neuroskyence www.amazon.es/M%C3%A1s-all...

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Más allá de la mente: Los mayores misterios del cerebro humano (Divulgación) : Godwin, Dwayne, Cham, Jorge, Baquerizo Castillo, Cristina: Amazon.es: Libros

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Ian Kremer @wolverinebear.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Chemical compound clears cellular waste, protects neurons in model of frontotemporal dementia. Restoring autophagy is promising strategy for range of neurodegenerative diseases. medicine.washu.edu/news/chemica... #FTD #dementia #science #neuroscience #NeuroSkyence

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Chemical compound clears cellular waste in model of dementia | WashU Medicine

New research shows that restoring autophagy is a promising strategy for treating a range of neurodegenerative diseases.

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Dwayne Godwin, PhD @dwaynegodwin.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

In observance of #BrainAwarenessWeek I'm reposting the public lecture my friend @phdcomics.com and I gave last year at Harvard. We covered a lot of topics, and it was a ton of fun. www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVcZ... #neuroskyence #BrainWeek

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The Biggest Mysteries of the Human Brain

YouTube video by Harvard Museum of Natural History

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Dwayne Godwin, PhD @dwaynegodwin.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Here's a direct link to the resource: 2/3 www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/gwe2m... #BrainWeek #BrainAwarenessWeek @pantheonbooks.bsky.social

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