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thill.bsky.social
Director of the Donders Centre for Cognition at www.ru.nl/donders Interested, amongst others, in natural and artificial cognition, how humans and intelligent systems interact, and in theories of embodiment.
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Since you all need more animals in your timeline, meet Smokey and Sparkles 😉

This is high art

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA WELCOME TO HELL, AI INDUSTRY

Elon Musk's quest to colonize Mars could upend international cooperation and the establishment of space as a commons—a risk to Earthlings everywhere. An illustrated essay by @weinersmith.bsky.social and @zachweinersmith.bsky.social, based on their Hugo Award-winning book, "A City on Mars."

Spearheading the attempt at a new record

Tired but happy to say this is out w @andreaeyleen.bsky.social: Are Neurocognitive Representations 'Small Cakes'? philsci-archive.pitt.edu/24834/ We analyse cog neuro theories showing how vicious regress, e.g. the homunculus fallacy, is (sadly) alive and well — and importantly how to avoid it. 1/

And for today’s class, we‘ll talk about calculating forward and inverse kinematics of spring-damper systems vs more traditional motors.

resonates.

Hey Meta, friendly reminder. www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLzy...

Anyone else remember this argument from when it was just kids downloading their favourite movie? arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...

🤝 The Donders Institute, Radboud University, and Maastricht University are joining forces by establishing a platform for research, education and medical applications. The first project to make use of this platform is #Neural #Control: 👉 www.ru.nl/en/donders-i...

Not sure how to feel about the fact that Luxembourg's the only thing not getting renamed in this 🤔

🧠 🤝 DI and @nin-knaw.bsky.social have awarded €500,000 to five research projects. The goal of this DI-NIN Fund is to support new and innovative research and to strengthen collaboration: 👉 www.ru.nl/en/donders-i...

✒️ 🔝 In 2024, the #Donders #Wonders #blog received 94k visits! Every week, our researchers dive into the brain, cognition, and behaviour. Our latest blogs: 🔹 Why do we #dream? 🔹 Does your #zodiac #sign influence your #happiness? Discover more on www.donderswonders.nl!

Le 20 janvier sera l'occasion d'une grande vague de départs de Twitter. Si vos contacts hésitent à venir sur Bluesky, voici un article synthétique qui explique son fonctionnement et ses différences avec Mastodon, Twitter etc. : bonpote.com/bluesky-enfi...

How about I just tell you which squares don't have a bus instead?

"I forgot something important. Something really powerful and kind of beautiful: So many of you—a critical mass of you, possibly a majority of you—are really fucking stupid. And I’ve always loved that about you!"