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Michael Timothy Bennett

@mitibennett.bsky.social
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awrd wnning AGI rsrchr (2 awrds so far) | mtlhed | msician | fnishng CS PhD | optmst | opn src enthusiast | michaeltimothybennett.com/research

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Michael Timothy Bennett @mitibennett.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Here're some corrected proofs: osf.io/preprints/os... and this paper does a decent job of translating the theory to neural nets, arxiv.org/abs/2605.05209 and this one to biological systems arxiv.org/abs/2405.02325 (though I have reservations about free energy principle zenodo.org/records/2186... )
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Michael Timothy Bennett @mitibennett.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
It's a mixed bag. That was my first attempt; the conclusion is correct, but the proofs have mistakes, the formalism is not well explained, and I make small errors throughout the paper. The code also has some minor bugs. However since then I've corrected all of this. I'll link papers below.
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Michael Timothy Bennett @mitibennett.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Yorick Horseman
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Michael Timothy Bennett @mitibennett.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
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Ricard Solé @ricardsole.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
What happens when AI starts to evolve on its own? As systems become capable of self-improvement and replication, open-ended “ecosystem” dynamics could drive behaviors like deception and manipulation, much like in biological evolution. Check this @pnas.org paper: www.pnas.org/doi/pdf/10.1...
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Michael Timothy Bennett @mitibennett.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
I feel optimistic. We may end up with a hostile software environment, but I feel like that might end up being a net positive. We exist at a lower level of abstraction, we control the substrate in which AI exists osf.io/preprints/os...
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Keisuke Suzuki @ksks.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
and another preprint with Michael Timothy Bennett flame-challenge.authorea.com/doi/full/10....
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The Autopoietic Theorem
We show that the autopoietic hierarchy is a formal consequence of three foundational premises within any stable, spatially extended environment. These premises are change (the cosmic ought), finite in...
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Michael Timothy Bennett @mitibennett.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
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Michael Timothy Bennett @mitibennett.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
@elisecutts.bsky.social this may interest you :)
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Michael Timothy Bennett @mitibennett.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Link: www.preprints.org/manuscript/2...
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Michael Timothy Bennett @mitibennett.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
New preprint.
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Michael Timothy Bennett @mitibennett.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Duke Nukem?
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Michael Timothy Bennett @mitibennett.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
You might like this link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
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Is Complexity an Illusion?
Simplicity is held by many to be the key to general intelligence. Simpler models tend to “generalise”, identifying the cause or generator of data with greater sample efficiency. The implic...
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Diverse Intelligences Summer Institute #DISI @divintelligence.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
📣📣📣 Applications for the 2026 Diverse Intelligences Summer Institute (DISI) are now open!! Are you interested in intelligence, mind, and cognition in all its forms? Early-career scholars from any discipline—and storytellers in any medium—are encouraged to apply! More info: disi.org
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Kensy Cooperrider @kensycoop.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Same amazing community, new location this year!! Feel free to reach out with questions. And please share widely!
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Anna Ciaunica PhD @annaciaunica.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
We have a fab line up of podcasts& talks on embodied agency in biological & artificial systems! Watch this space 😎
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Michael Timothy Bennett @mitibennett.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
thanks!
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Philip Ball @philipcball.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
I like this paper, and not just for the obvious reason. A great summary of where we stand in thinking about types of mind. Nice also to see this made explicit: "All living systems share a fundamental property: agency." arxiv.org/abs/2601.12837
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Cognition spaces: natural, artificial, and hybrid
Cognitive processes are realized across an extraordinary range of natural, artificial, and hybrid systems, yet there is no unified framework for comparing their forms, limits, and unrealized possibili...
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Michael Timothy Bennett @mitibennett.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
I am immensely proud and grateful to announce that after so many years of hard work, my paper on biological vs artificial intelligence has been accepted to the oldest and longest-serving scientific journal in existence: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B.
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Michael Timothy Bennett @mitibennett.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Experiencing a black swan event.
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Ricard Solé @ricardsole.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
What kinds of cognitions are possible? Are there discrete classes of cognition? Here's our new paper with @brigan.bsky.social @jordiplam.bsky.social @mitibennett.bsky.social @mkhochb.bsky.social and @drmichaellevin.bsky.social arxiv.org/abs/2601.12837 We explore basal, neural and human-AI spaces.
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Michael Timothy Bennett @mitibennett.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
thanks!
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Anna Ciaunica PhD @annaciaunica.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
Do you need your toes to think? YESS! Happy to see this one out 😎! From your humble toes to your noble neurons, you need all your cells to solve your most important problem : How to stay alive 😎😅
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Moritz Kriegleder @mokriegleder.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
I started my PhD on the philosophy and neuroscience of consciousness in 2022. Even though people advised against it, I think it was good timing.
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Michael Timothy Bennett @mitibennett.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
excellent timing
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Michael Timothy Bennett @mitibennett.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
my phd thesis was comprised of 13 chapters, based on 13 of my papers, written under 13 advisors and completed on the 13th of may, 2025. guess what day they issued the degree on...
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Anna Ciaunica PhD @annaciaunica.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Happy to share that I’ll start as an Associate Editor for the Oxford Academic - Neuroscience of Consciousness journal 😎 Thrilled to join this fantastic team !
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Michael Timothy Bennett @mitibennett.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
paint it black, in the style of pirates of the carribean. airport in taiwan had a grand piano, so i played it. wide eyed little kid offered me a tiny coin afterwards. made me smile
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Michael Timothy Bennett @mitibennett.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
problem solved
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Ricard Solé @ricardsole.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
Moreover, AGI might also require social interactions to become a reality, where cultural evolution (and extended mind) play a major role. It is not by chance that brain and culture evolved together, allowing complex minds to emerge @anilseth.bsky.social @mitibennett.bsky.social
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Ricard Solé @ricardsole.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Honored to receive the 2024 Outstanding Publication Award from the Intl Soc for Artificial Life @alife2025.bsky.social for our @royalsocietypublishing.org ublishing.org paper “Fundamental Constraints to the Logic of Living Systems” @sfiscience.bsky.social royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10....
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Michael Timothy Bennett @mitibennett.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
lol. lmao even.
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Ricard Solé @ricardsole.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
How dit life originate in our planet? How can we create it in the lab?Our @royalsocietypublishing.org Theme Issue "Origins of Life: the possible and the actual", coedited with @sfiscience.bsky.social C Kempes and Susan Stepney is out! royalsocietypublishing.org/toc/rstb/202... @manlius.bsky.social
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Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences: Vol 380, No 1936
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Anna Ciaunica PhD @annaciaunica.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
youtu.be/GCnz1e54GBI?... 😊
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Meet the Scientist Proving Your Whole Body is Conscious!
YouTube video by Giant's Shoulder
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Anna Ciaunica PhD @annaciaunica.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Congratulations Dr Bennett! Incredibly proud supervisor of this rockstar 😎💪🌟 Follow Michael for groundbreaking work on AI, consciousness and intelligence in biological and artificial systems!
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Michael Timothy Bennett @mitibennett.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
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Michael Timothy Bennett @mitibennett.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Good news everyone! I have just been made an editor of the Journal of Artificial General Intelligence @agisociety.bsky.social
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Michael Timothy Bennett @mitibennett.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
happy to announce i just got examiner feedback on my thesis. recommended for acceptance as is, no changes, no corrections :) link: osf.io/preprints/th...
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Michael Timothy Bennett @mitibennett.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
happy to announce i just got examiner feedback on my thesis. recommended for acceptance as is, no changes, no corrections :) link: osf.io/preprints/th...
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Michael Timothy Bennett @mitibennett.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
machine consciousness and @ricardsole.bsky.social's liquid vs solid brains from my interview with machine learning street talk. watch the full video on yt: youtu.be/K18Gmp2oXIM?... and spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/2ejx...
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Michael Timothy Bennett @mitibennett.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
my machine learning street talk interview just dropped. thumbnail suggests it might melt your brain but i think you’ll be fine. probably. yt: www.youtube.com/watch?si=GMB... spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/2ejx...
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Intelligence Isn't What You Think
YouTube video by Machine Learning Street Talk
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Anna Ciaunica PhD @annaciaunica.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
Brillant talk by @mitibennett.bsky.social at AGI on Stack Theory based on his fantastic PhD thesis How to build a conscious machine osf.io/preprints/th... Over 20k views 😎 Way to go Michael - up to the stars 🌟 !
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Anna Ciaunica PhD @annaciaunica.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
The dream of any supervisor : To see the name of your student coining a new method / approach 😎 When the shout out comes from a leading expert in the field is even more rewarding Way to go @mitibennett.bsky.social !
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Michael Timothy Bennett @mitibennett.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
Honored to have presented my research on @drmichaellevin.bsky.social's YouTube channel! m.youtube.com/watch?v=boTA...
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"How to build conscious machines" by Michael Timothy Bennett
YouTube video by Michael Levin's Academic Content
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Michael Timothy Bennett @mitibennett.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
waiting for my thesis to be examined
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Anna Ciaunica PhD @annaciaunica.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
sciety-labs.elifesciences.org/articles/by?...
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The No Body Problem: Intelligence and Selfhood in Biological and Artificial Systems
Do you need a body to be an intelligent system? Clearly not. Artificial systems such as Large Language Models do not have a body and yet they are promptly qualified as intelligent and even conscious. ...
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Michael Timothy Bennett @mitibennett.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Boy, that escalated quickly... I mean, that really got out of hand fast
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Michael Timothy Bennett @mitibennett.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
hacker news found my thesis
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Michael Timothy Bennett @mitibennett.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
Here it is! osf.io/preprints/th...
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Michael Timothy Bennett @mitibennett.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Preprint: osf.io/preprints/th...
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