Of first set of guest speakers are set 🧑‍🔬 - Alyssa Adams - Alexander Mordvintsev @zzznah - Angel Goñi-Moreno - Eric Medvet @EricMedvetTs - Kyrre Glette @kyrre2000 - Stefano Nichele @stenichele - Susan Stepney

The SONI session turned out great—shout out to the speakers & panelists @blaiseaguera, @risi1979, @SidneyPontesF & @emilyldolson for great talks & discussion on how we can rethink intelligence under the complexity lens. #ALife2025 @ALifeConf

@ALifeConf @blaiseaguera @emilyldolson @risi1979 @SidneyPontesF Co-organised with @EIiasNajarro @nisioti_eleni and @eplantec. See you all in Kyoto!

The final program of the SONI special session at @ALifeConf is out. Join as we explore how self-organisation can inspire and enrich neural paradigms of intelligence along with @blaiseaguera @emilyldolson @risi1979 and @SidneyPontesF Full program: https://t.co/envSlBnrZ1.

We are excited to announce the Artificial Life, Intelligence, Complexity & Evolution (𝗔𝗟𝗜𝗖𝗘) workshop! This first edition will be hosted at ITU in Copenhagen, in February 2026. Stay tuned for our list of invited speakers. For more information: https://t.co/lRZYQgZXWa

Also, huge congrats to the GROW-AI team (@nisioti_eleni, @JoachimWinther, @eplantec, @miltonllera) for winning a best paper award @GeccoConf! Only made possible by the support from @ERC_Research! Link to paper:

For the fifth consecutive year, we are coming back from from @GeccoConf with a Best Paper Award!!!🥇 congratulations to my former PhD student @MFlageat and our great collaborators Johann Huber, Francois Helenon, and @doncieux 🎉🦎

"When does Neuro-evolution out-compete Reinforcement Learning in Transfer Learning tasks?" Find us at @GeccoConf where we are presenting this work of our Grow-AI team with @risi1979 @miltonllera @JoachimWinther @eplantec https://t.co/c0VMIaTwwM https://t.co/PVIMjlFAmi

🦎 Thank you all for a great first edition of the workshop "Evolving self-organisation" yesterday at @GeccoConf It's been a great mix of artificial life and GECCO vibes. Especially thanks to our organisers @zzznah @risi1979 @eyvindn @RandazzoEttore @miltonllera @JoachimWinther

Pleased to say that our story of how a theory of self-supervised learning in cortical layers accounts for several experimental observations is now out 🎉 https://t.co/bgvTLlMrlg

Binz et al. (in press, Nature) developed an LLM called Centaur that better predicts human responses in 159 of 160 behavioural experiments compared to existing cognitive models. See: https://t.co/WiQei5FJgS

Synthetic ecosystems that autonomously and continuously evolve in silico 👾 An Alifer dream we pursue with Flow-Lenia ! If you are interested in complex systems with (1) emergent creatures and (2) intrinsic evolutionary dynamics, go check our new paper ! A 🧵

The deadline for ALife has been extended by one week (now 11th of May). Do submit to the SONI special session!

The @ALifeConf deadline has been extended one week—new deadline May 11th 2025 23:59 AoE Join us in Kyoto for #ALife2025 🎏

Excited about self-organizing systems and their likely synergies with modern approaches to AI? Then submit to the SONI special session at #ALife2025

Looking for an exciting fellowship in neuroAI, with competitive salary (~£100k)? Our group is hiring for a project on AI for Systems-Behavioral Neuroscience, more info here: https://t.co/K6Ovuq4k1O #compneuro #neuroai #neuroscience #ai

We're excited to announce the first Evolving Self-organisation workshop at @GeccoConf! Submission deadline: March 26, 2025 More information: https://t.co/3ERHuljX2n

Can we study gene regulatory networks from a behavioralist perspective, as "agents" navigating in transcriptional space? Our new paper at @eLife explores this approach combining @drmichaellevin 's vision on basal cognition with @FlowersINRIA 's automated discovery algorithms.

Ever wish you could coordinate thousands of units in games such as StarCraft through natural language alone? 🗣️ We are excited to present our HIVE approach, a framework and benchmark for LLM-driven multi-agent control.

Felix Hill was a kind and brilliant man (and my former teacher and colleague) who committed suicide after struggling with ketamine-induced psychosis. Psychedelic use is common in my circles. It can be very beneficial, but Felix’s note is an important reminder of the risks.