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Blaise Agüera (@blaiseaguera.bsky.social)
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This week marks one year since “What Is Intelligence?” was published. It was a really fun book to write. I knew that some of the material would be dated by the time it reached readers. But I hoped that, despite rapid progress in AI, the core ideas about life and intelligence would endure. So far, so good, I think! Hearing how you have connected with the book has meant so much. Thank you for reading, and an extra big thank you to those of you who have reviewed it, recommended it, or given it to friends.
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Neurologist Richard E. @Cytowic offers compelling evidence that we can change the way we use technology, resist its addictive power, and take back the control we have lost. "Your Stone Age Brain in the Screen Age" is now available in paperback: mitpress.mit.edu/97802620490…
A copy of "Your Stone Age Brain in the Screen Age: Coping with Digital Distraction and Sensory Overload" by Ricahrd E. Cytowic on a white background. The cover is an image of a rock split with a mobile screen.

ALT A copy of "Your Stone Age Brain in the Screen Age: Coping with Digital Distraction and Sensory Overload" by Ricahrd E. Cytowic on a white background. The cover is an image of a rock split with a mobile screen.

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What questions must we ask of consciousness? Eva Jablonka argues that when studying consciousness from a biological angle, we shouldn’t be asking why we perceive things in certain ways, but rather why we perceive things at all. Jablonka is an evolutionary theorist and geneticist whose work pushes biology beyond a strictly gene-centred view of life. Tap here for her full interview. iai.tv/video/consciousness-h…
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The Tetris Company says it owns the pieces in Tetris, but there’s one problem: Those geometric forms were described decades before Tetris existed. Julien Mailland details the game’s Kafkaesque journey from Soviet labs to “capitalist copywrongs.” thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/t…
A pixelated game screen that reads "Tengen presents the Soviet Mind Game" Tetris Headline: The Bizarre, Murky History of Soviet-Born Tetris Subheading: Behind the beloved game lies a struggle over mathematical ideas, erased collaborators, offshore millions, and copyright power. By Julien Mailland

ALT A pixelated game screen that reads "Tengen presents the Soviet Mind Game" Tetris Headline: The Bizarre, Murky History of Soviet-Born Tetris Subheading: Behind the beloved game lies a struggle over mathematical ideas, erased collaborators, offshore millions, and copyright power. By Julien Mailland
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From Carbon Footprint to Carbon Wave: @tricyclemag hosts author @leahstokes on October 7th for a virtual talk on her empowering framework for protecting our planet. Sign up here: tricycle.org/events/carbon-w…

From Carbon Footprint to Carbon Wave: An Event with Leah Stokes

Join us on October 7 for a free virtual event on rethinking our approach to the climate with professor Leah Stokes.

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David J. Gunkel@David_Gunkel
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I'm finalizing the manuscript for "The Différance Engine" @mitpress. And motivated by Lauren Goodlad's (mis)characterization of Derrida in her recent essay for "Representations" and Jill Walker Rettberg's "LLMs are Metaphor Machines," I felt it necessary to provide this endnote.
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Mohammad Hajiaghayi (IG@mhajiaghayi,YT:hajiaghayi)@MTHajiaghayi
Sep 23
Very happy that a hard-copy of our book "Computational Intractability: A Guide to Algorithmic Lower Bounds" by MIT press is NOW available at Amazon a.co/d/050rvEnb and lots of other stores.

Computational Intractability: A Guide to Algorithmic Lower Bounds

A fundamental question in computer science is: “Given a problem, how hard is it to solve?” Usually, the answer to this question lies in determining how long it will take to solve a problem as a...

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🔊 @UofMaryland CS faculty William Gasarch and @MTHajiaghayi, with @MIT's Erik Demaine, co-authored a new book on algorithmic limits and how researchers determine when computational problems cannot be solved more efficiently. Read more: go.umd.edu/Gasarch-Hajiaghay…
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"The dream of every cell is to become two cells." thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/i…
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Joshua Basseches (joshuabasseches.bsky.social)@JoshuaBasseches
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I just finished @leahstokes' new book, The Carbon Wave. I'd planned to read it slowly over weeks, one short chapter each day as a break from other tasks-- to unwind. Ended up reading the entire thing in 24 hours, simply because I couldn't put it down. (1/2)
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"As the court strips away the laws that protect democracy, it is clearing the way for an autocracy to take root." An essay adapted, in part, by Nikolas Bowie and Daphna Renan's contribution to "America Unfinished" in the @BostonGlobe: bostonglobe.com/2026/09/18/o…

The Constitution belongs to ‘We the People,’ not nine justices - The Boston Globe

The Supreme Court was never meant to have the last word on self-government.

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How did a puzzle game created in a Soviet computer lab cross the Berlin Wall and become a global blockbuster? From its 1980s origins through complex licensing deals, our book of the week traces the rise of Tetris. By Julien Mailland on @mitpress buff.ly/cLR8jgs
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"What’s been elided is all of [Verne's] truly brilliant insights—the kind that make science fiction such a rich and valuable genre." Anastasia Klimchynskaya, editor of a new annotated edition of "From the Earth to the Moon," writes for @reactormag: reactormag.com/misunderstand…

Misunderstanding the Genius of Jules Verne — And Why It Matters to Science Fiction - Reactor

Our cultural obsession with Verne's predictive abilities ignores the real critical nuance and power of his writing, to everyone's detriment.

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New this week from the MIT Press. Happy publication day to our authors! 📖
Five book covers on a light pink and gray gradient: "Soviet Blocks," "Neuroscience Discoveries," "Peer Production," "Analog Labor in a Digital World," and "Our Own Language Lang a nou"

ALT Five book covers on a light pink and gray gradient: "Soviet Blocks," "Neuroscience Discoveries," "Peer Production," "Analog Labor in a Digital World," and "Our Own Language Lang a nou"
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In 1872, a massive horse flu, dubbed the Great Epizootic, broke out in New York. Concerned about sick horses being forced to work, the founder of the ASPCA helped turn a public health crisis into a moral battle over animal rights. thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/h…
An illustration of a man examining horses pulling a streetcar laden with people. Headline: How a Horse Flu Outbreak Spurred an Early Animal Rights Crusade Subheading: In 1872, New York's devastating epizootic gave the ASPCA's young founder a powerful moral argument for animal protection. By Lee Alan Dugatkin

ALT An illustration of a man examining horses pulling a streetcar laden with people. Headline: How a Horse Flu Outbreak Spurred an Early Animal Rights Crusade Subheading: In 1872, New York's devastating epizootic gave the ASPCA's young founder a powerful moral argument for animal protection. By Lee Alan Dugatkin
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New and #OpenAccess: @maxhaiven theorizes the connections between the financialization of the capitalist economy, the gamification of our lives, and the rising threat of a uniquely 21st-century form of fascistic politics in "The Player and the Played": mitpress.mit.edu/97802620560…
Book cover titled "The Player and the Played: From Gamed Capitalism to 21st-Century Facism" by Max Haiven featuring an image of two white dice bearing black illustrations including a skull, an automatic rifle, a sphinx, a heart, a video game console, and mobile phone. "Now Available Open Access" with direct.mit.edu and a "Direct to Open" D2O logo.

ALT Book cover titled "The Player and the Played: From Gamed Capitalism to 21st-Century Facism" by Max Haiven featuring an image of two white dice bearing black illustrations including a skull, an automatic rifle, a sphinx, a heart, a video game console, and mobile phone. "Now Available Open Access" with direct.mit.edu and a "Direct to Open" D2O logo.
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In "Beautiful Particulars," David Weinberger poses a unique question: How is the idea of AI already subtly yet fundamentally reshaping how we think about ourselves and our world? This new perspective on how machine learning works publishes November 3rd: mitpress.mit.edu/97802620548…
A 3D image of "Beautiful Particulars: How AI's Attention to the Smallest of Differences is Reshaping Our Biggest Ideas" on a light pink background. The cover features a photograph of a pink flower in the foreground against a sunset.

ALT A 3D image of "Beautiful Particulars: How AI's Attention to the Smallest of Differences is Reshaping Our Biggest Ideas" on a light pink background. The cover features a photograph of a pink flower in the foreground against a sunset.
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Stanislas Dehaene @standehaene.bsky.social@StanDehaene
Sep 18
An important new paper from the lab : in a few years, vision models have progressed to such an extent that they almost match human perception in the domain of geometry (but may still fall short of having a genuine language of shapes). bsky.app/profile/maxencepajo… @Maxence_Pajot
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As humans, we are fascinated by beauty in the world. With so much of it around us, it is natural to wonder whether it is a luxury or a necessary part of how we interact with the world. In this interview, neuropsychologist Nicholas Humphrey argues that the essence of beauty is rhyme and that we are programmed to seek connections and patterns across nature, art and music. Tap the link to read now. iai.tv/articles/our-search-f…
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Borjan (Boki) Milinković@MilinkovBorjan
Sep 18
📜 FINALLY OUT! 📜 In @ImagingNeurosci (@mitpress), Myself, with Thomas Andrillon, Olivia Carter, @LionelBarnett2, and @anilkseth, advance approaches of #multiscale #emergence and it's application to EEG across #conscious #states. direct.mit.edu/imag/article/… Buckle up 👇 1/n

Emergent multiscale organisation of neural dynamics fragments in anaesthesia

Abstract. Conscious experience depends on the coordinated activity of neural processes that span multiple scales: from synapses to whole-brain dynamics. A recently introduced measure, dynamical...

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New and #OpenAccess: "The Aesthetics of Machine Vision" is an interdisciplinary glossary on machine vision and aesthetics, with researchers, artists, architects, art historians, and critical theorists contributing to this critical dialogue: mitpress.mit.edu/97802620541…
Book cover titled "The Aesthetics of Machine Vision: Critical Terms and Ideas" Edited by Kathrin Maurer, Rikke Munck Petersen, Dominique Routhier, Kassandra Wellendorf and Kristin Veel. Beneath the cover, a black banner announcing "Now Available Open Access" with direct.mit.edu and a "Direct to Open" D2O logo.

ALT Book cover titled "The Aesthetics of Machine Vision: Critical Terms and Ideas" Edited by Kathrin Maurer, Rikke Munck Petersen, Dominique Routhier, Kassandra Wellendorf and Kristin Veel. Beneath the cover, a black banner announcing "Now Available Open Access" with direct.mit.edu and a "Direct to Open" D2O logo.
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