Michael Levin: Anatomical decision-making by cellular collectives

Why HN readers recommended it

HN commenters push it as an example of Levin's talks, which they think deserve far more attention.

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Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

Thomas Ouldridge

Topic

bioelectricity and morphogenesis

Format

lecture

Level

advanced

HN recommenders in dataset

3

HN mentions in dataset

5

Recommendation years in dataset

2021–2023

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From the original HN conversations

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• Moar people need to be talking about this guys work, a buddy clued me in to it last year. Creating new species without any genetic changes... it's huge. Not only has he discovered a new communication control channel in biology, machine learning is unlocking the …

• In re: Michael Levin, do see his talks "What Bodies Think About: Bioelectric Computation Outside the Nervous System" [LINK] and "Anatomical decision-making by cellular collectives" [VIDEO]

• I'm not nearly educated enough about this subject to try to summarise it, but the research being carried out by Michael Levin's group into how organisms control anatomy growth is completely fascinating and has the feel of a breakthrough. Almost all the talks I've seen …