iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Stefano Nichele @stenichele.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Happy to share our new paper (led by Etienne Guichard): “Neural Cellular Automata Learn General Features in their Hidden Channels” It will be presented at WIVACE 2026, hosted by the University of Cambridge. arxiv.org/abs/2609.21870

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Luigi Sulas @luigisulas.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

"Non è necessario avere una religione per avere una morale, perché se non si riesce a distinguere il bene dal male quella che manca è la sensibilità, non la religione." Margherita Hack

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Margherita Hack ~Ho visto brandire il crocifisso da chi meno rispetta l'insegnamento di Cristo ~

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Eric Medvet @ericmedvetts.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

#TriesteTrento, 5a e ultima tappa. Tutto discesa, prima netta lungo la stretta valle dell'Isarco, poi, dopo Bolzano, placida, praticamente in piano. Filante fino all'ora di pranzo, poi prepotente vento contro. Comunque #bravitutti: 612km, 3800m di salita.

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Eric Medvet @ericmedvetts.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

#TriesteTrento, 4a tappa. Drauradweg fino all'origine, trafficatissima in ⬇️ (io in ⬆️): ho contato un flusso di circa 2000 persone all'ora. Poi giù per la Val Pusteria, bella, con qualche saliscendi. Alla fine si entra in zona 🍏🍎. Ho mangiato 15km di domani perché il campeggio era al completo.

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Eric Medvet @ericmedvetts.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

#TriesteTrento, 3a tappa. Tutto sulla ciclabile sulla Drava. Che però fa diverse digressioni tra i paesini ai lati della valle, tra i boschi. Qualche decina di chilometri di sterrato.

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Eric Medvet @ericmedvetts.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

#TriesteTrento, 2a tappa. Pioggia e umido fino a metà pomeriggio, ma l'Alpe Adria (fvg 1) è sempre trafficatissima, prevalentemente in giù. Deviazione da 8km in più, almeno, per due ponti chiusi sul Gail, poco segnalati.

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Eric Medvet @ericmedvetts.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

#TriesteTrento, 1a tappa. Bei borghi in zona alto Natisone, poi sconfinamento in Slovenia, costato 800m di dislivello. Questa era la tappa più dura. Dura dura dura! #cicloturismo

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Sio @scottecs.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Wow siamo scemi

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Vediamo un tizio su un palco, parla al microfono davanti a due persone: "Le persone hanno pochi soldi e poco lavoro! Di chi è la colpa?"
Le persone sembrano concordare.
2
Il tizio al microfono continua: "La colpa è delle persone che hanno meno soldi e meno lavoro di tutte!!!"
Le persone esultano dicendo "Giusto!" E "Buu loro!"
3
Il tizio al microfono aggiunge: "Votate me per togliere loro la possibilità di lavorare e fare soldi!"
Le persone gridano "Sìììì" e "Bravooo"
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Il tizio al microfono, mentre le persone applaudono e gridano la loro approvazione, pensa: "Wow sono scemi"
FINE

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Stefano Nichele @stenichele.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

On behalf of ISAL @isalofficial.bsky.social, congrats to all awards winners! #ALIFE2026

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l_aforista @aforista.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

«Il patriottismo è la convinzione che questo Paese sia superiore a tutti gli altri perché tu ci sei nato.» Ricordando George Bernard Shaw, nato il #26luglio 1856.

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samuel mehr @mehr.nz · 21/07/2026

the most realistic scene in Jurassic Park is when two scientists make a questionable decision — traveling to an undisclosed location with a strange man — on the promise of three years of modest funding

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Stefano Nichele @stenichele.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

*** DEADLINE EXTENSION: June 14th, 2026 *** www.nichele.eu/ALIFE-Agentic/

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Agentic and Generative AI as Artificial Life - ALife 2026 Workshop

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Stefano Nichele @stenichele.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Small experiment on "semantic artificial life". I put small LLMs (Qwen 2.5 0.5B) on a 1D lattice. It is an NCA where update rules are LLMs that receive tokens from left/right neighbors & their previous output and produce new output tokens.

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Andrea Bettini @andreabettini.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Banchisa in condizioni pessime nell'Artico. L'estensione non è mai stata così ridotta in questo periodo dell'anno da quando si rilevano dati nsidc.org/sea-ice-today

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ELLIS @ellis.eu · 22/04/2026

🏹 Job alert: Fully funded PhD Position in Test-Time Adaptation and Agentic AI at Aarhus University 📍 Aarhus 🇩🇰 ⏰ Apply by 1 June 🔗 bit.ly/49Tpfgk

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Readvertisement: PhD Position in Test-Time Adaptation and Agentic AI

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

There are reports of ICE activity on the north side of Chicago happening now. Please share so people in the area can be aware and take precautions. If you’re in the area please come by our office at 7016 N Clark St for ICE whistles. We protect each other. Chinga la migra.

KNOW YOUR RIGHTS
WHEN INTERACTING WITH IMMIGRATION OFFICERS (ICE)
• If you believe you are witnessing ICE activity, please call ICIRR's 24-Hour Family Support Hotline at 1-855-HELP-MY-FAMILY (1-855-435-7693).
• If you find yourself interacting with an ICE officer in any location including your workplace, or out in the community, remember:
• You have the right to remain silent when questioned or arrested by immigration officers
• You should remain calm and keep your hands where the officer can see them.
• You can state that you wish to speak with an attorney.
• You are not required to
• Discuss your immigration or citizenship status with the police, immigration agents, or other officials
• Sign anything you do not understand.
• If an officer knocks on your door at home:
• You have the right to not open the door.
• ICE officers must have a warrant signed by a judge to enter your home. ICE
"warrants" are not signed by judges; they are ICE forms signed by ICE officers and they do not grant authority to enter your home without your consent
• If you are outdoors and think you see immigration officers nearby:
• You can move to a safe indoor space
• If you are a U.S. citizen and feel safe to do so, you can record the activity with your phone or write down any relevant information about what you witness— ALWAYS being careful to not interfere or otherwise obstruct the operation
• DO NOT:
• Post unverified information on social media
• Interfere with the investigation or otherwise put yourself in harm's way

NEED SUPPORT? CALL ICIRR'S FAMILY SUPPORT NETWORK HOTLINE: 1-855-435-7693

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Eric Medvet @ericmedvetts.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

This work comes from a very positive and very intensive interaction of diverse scientists at the #alice workshop. Kudos to the authors and to the workshop organizers, who ignited this (and others) fruitful research collaborations.

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Craig Reynolds @craigreynolds.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

“A spate of outages, including incidents tied to the use of AI coding tools”, right on schedule @garymarcus.bsky.social “…I warned that maintaining GenAI code would be harder than writing code with GenAI … FT: ‘Amazon holds engineering meeting following AI-related outages’…”

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“A spate of outages, including incidents tied to the use of AI coding tools”, right on schedule

Some with “high blast radius”

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Dulwich Quantum Computing @dulwichquantum.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

BREAKING: For the first time in 35 years the Ig Nobel ceremony will move to Europe. "There are no immediate plans to return the ceremony to the US." www.theguardian.com/science/2026... Food for thought for conference steering committees.

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Ig Nobels to move awards to Europe due to concern over US travel visas

Scientific awards – which honor research that makes people laugh and then think – to move away from ‘unsafe’ US

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Eric Medvet @ericmedvetts.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

All previous editions have been a success, don't miss this one! #alife 🍁

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ALIFE Conference @alifeconf.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Submissions for #ALife2026 workshop, tutorial, and spec.session proposals are now closed. Thanks for the great response! Decision letters will be sent soon, and accepted sessions will appear on the website. 👉 2026.alife.org Reminder: the deadline for full papers and extended summaries is March 30.

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Shepherd @neolithicsheep.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

If you ever want to read a paper for free and can't find it otherwise, email the lead author and politely ask for a copy. You will not be bothering the person. You will in fact make their whole entire day. I have had scientists get so excited I asked they sent me everything they ever published.

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Lana Sinapayen @sinalana.eurosky.social · 04/03/2026

Nominate people you admire for the ISAL awards! There are 7 categories you can nominate people for; you can also nominate yourself if you've done something awesome relevant to the categories. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... #ALife

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2026 ISAL Award Nominations

Below is a form for you to nominate individuals, papers, or project for awards from the International Society for Artificial Life. Award recipients will be chosen by an impartial committee of members...

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Lana Sinapayen @sinalana.eurosky.social · 27/02/2026

The #ALife Newsletter is out! We are starting to integrate your feedback and as a result, this edition has an interview, paper summaries, and project introductions. Go have a look: alife-newsletter.github.io/Newsletter/e...

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Alife Newsletter

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Mike Levin @drmichaellevin.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

New preprint with Léo Pio-Lopez: www.preprints.org/manuscript/2... "Multi-Scale Longevity: Defeating Aging from Cells to Embodied Human Minds, and the Future of the Species" a broader view of longevity research.

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Marco S. Nobile @aresio.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Yesterday I had the privilege to give a talk at the event MOSAICO talks 2026. The topic was "invisible challenges", I decided to discuss professional deskilling due to AI. A very nice event, organised in the wonderful Aula Baratto within the main building of Ca' Foscari University

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il Post @ilpost.it · 26/02/2026

Un ingegnere informatico voleva solo controllare il suo robot aspirapolvere con un joypad, ma si è ritrovato ad avere accesso a circa settemila altri robot sparpagliati in giro per il mondo ilpost.link/npWyujrcVi

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Come una sola persona ha ottenuto il controllo di 7mila robot aspirapolvere

Un ingegnere informatico voleva controllare il proprio con un joypad, ma una falla di sicurezza gli ha aperto un mondo

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 23/02/2026

Schools across the U.S. are hustling to introduce a new subject: A.I. literacy. These lessons are becoming more common as a debate has exploded over whether chatbots are likely to improve — or doom — education.

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‘A.I. Literacy’ Is the New Drivers’ Ed at This Newark School

Teachers say they want to equip high school students to drive artificial intelligence, rather than be mere passengers steered by chatbots.

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Chris Adami @chrisadami.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Can AI be programmed to make others play nice? Evolutionary Game Theory says you can! But not how you might think. Paper out at npj Complexity www.nature.com/articles/s44.... Blog post about the paper: adamilab.blogspot.com/2024/12/can-...

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Promoting cooperation in the public goods game using artificial intelligent agents - npj Complexity

npj Complexity - Promoting cooperation in the public goods game using artificial intelligent agents

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Stefano Nichele @stenichele.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

What a great week at the @aliceworkshop.org (Artificial Life, Intelligence, Complexity & Evolution) in Copenhagen. Our multidisciplinary group worked intensely for the whole week and we got the 2nd prize!! Thanks to the amazing organizers from the REAL lab and the jury.

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Eric Medvet @ericmedvetts.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

I really love the format of the workshop! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 to the organizers and the participants!

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Stefano Nichele @stenichele.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Our paper "ARC-NCA: Towards Developmental Solutions to the Abstraction & Reasoning Corpus" has been awarded a Runner-Up #ARCprize Congrats team: E. Guichard, F. Reimers, M. Kvalsund, M. Lepperød, & me Thanks F. Chollet, G. Kamradt, M. Knoop! Paper: etimush.github.io/ARC_NCA/

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MarcelloLopez @piramiderossa.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

Da #SIP a #Telecom…adesso è tutto #TIM…ma se li avete usati tutti e quattro…allora siete tutti ex giovincelli come il sottoscritto?!

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ALICE Workshop @aliceworkshop.org · 13/10/2025

This year's ALICE guest speakers 🧑‍🔬 - Angel Goñi-Moreno - @angelgm.bsky.social - Alyssa Adams - @alyssa-m-adams.bsky.social - Alexander Mordvintsev - Eric Medvet - @ericmedvetts.bsky.social - Kyrre Glette - @kyrre2000.bsky.social - Stefano Nichele - @stenichele.bsky.social - Susan Stepney

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Elisa Franco @francolab.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

Come learn about UCLA research projects that have been suspended under the Trump administration, and why they matter for all of us. 🧪 Wednesday, Sept 10 | 11:30 AM – 1:30 PM 📍 Northwest corner of Westwood & Le Conte

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ALIFE Conference 2025 @alife2025.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

Be part of the next generation of virtual creatures: Enter the 2025 Virtual Creatures Competition (VCC)! Held at #ALIFE2025, the #VCC is an annual competition to showcase recent research in the field of artificial life. Judges and prizes to be announced soon. ⬇️ ⬇️

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Stefano Nichele @stenichele.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

And here are the accepted contributions to the Special Session #TheDistributedCiphers at @alife2025.bsky.social: Details: www.nichele.eu/ALIFE-Distri... See you in Kyoto 🇯🇵

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Stefano Nichele @stenichele.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

Presentation of our work on "NCAs for memory transfer + application to ARC-AGI", given at the computational series of the #Levin Lab at Tufts & Harvard Universities. Thanks M. Levin for the kind invitation & special thanks to Etienne for presenting our work. www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyc0...

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"A Neural Cellular Automaton Model of Memory Transfer" by Etienne Guichard and Stefano Nichele.

YouTube video by Michael Levin's Academic Content

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GPEM journal @gpem.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

New book review, freely available in GPEM: “Reversible world of cellular automata” by Kenichi Morita, reviewed by Tomas Rokicki link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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Kenichi Morita: Reversible world of cellular automata - Genetic Programming and Evolvable Machines

Genetic Programming and Evolvable Machines -

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Eric Medvet @ericmedvetts.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

E poi "scovaze" ovunque a bordo strada. Non un paio di cartacce, ma un continuo di bottiglie (direi una al metro, almeno), soprattutto di birra, e altri residui. Una cosa sistematica, e vergognosa. Per chilometri.

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Eric Medvet @ericmedvetts.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

Alla fine di una discesa di campagna, c'erano tre dossi perpendicolari alla marcia, con dislivello di 30cm almeno. Sono riuscito a stare in piedi, ma si è rotto il portapacchi. Tutte le strade che non fossero almeno una provinciale erano terribili.

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Eric Medvet @ericmedvetts.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

81 km in poco meno di 7h, 670m di guadagno altitudine (serve contare tutti i buchi...).

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Eric Medvet @ericmedvetts.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

Sesta e ultima tappa del #Venezia-#Puglia, da Marina di Montenero (di Bisaccia) a San Severo. Fino a Termoli tutto bene, anche se sulla provinciale (molto larga); mare ancora visibile. Poi ci si addentra nell'interno. Nel Foggiano le strade sono terribili, più buche che asfalto. Nessun ciclista.

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Eric Medvet @ericmedvetts.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

130km in 9h e mezza, miracolo delle non forature. Da grande velocità la ciclabile dei Trabocchi, se non fosse che avevo il vento contro. Qualche saliscendi.

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Eric Medvet @ericmedvetts.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

Quinta tappa #Venezia-#Puglia, da Martinsicuro a Marina di Montenero, in Molise per 100m. Gran parte su ciclabile. Bellissimo il tratto "dei Trabocchi" su ex percorso ferroviario. Interessante ma bigoloso il passaggio vicino a Punta Aderci. Il paesaggio cambia completamente.

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Eric Medvet @ericmedvetts.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

Ecco il cambio gomme di ora di pranzo...

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Eric Medvet @ericmedvetts.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

128km in quasi 11h, ma con tante pause. Ascesa al Conero impegnativa su sentiero stretto e sterratissimo.

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