Feb 16, 2026

What If Intelligence Didn't Evolve? It "Was There" From the Start! - Blaise Agüera y Arcas

Blaise Agüera y Arcas presents a groundbreaking perspective on the origin of life, arguing that it is an emergent computational phenomenon. Through an artificial life experiment named 'BFF', he demonstrates how complex, self-replicating programs spontaneously arise from random noise, not through mutation, but through a process of fusion and merger he calls symbiogenesis. This talk re-frames evolution, suggesting that life has been computational from its inception and that intelligence is a natural consequence of biological computers modeling each other.

Nov 06, 2025

Intelligence as "Less is More" - Prof. David Krakauer [SFI]

Prof. David Krakauer redefines intelligence not as possessing more knowledge, but as the ability to do more with less. He argues that LLMs are mere 'libraries' and proposes a universal theory where all life is intelligent, operating across strategic, inferential, and representational dimensions, with the latter being key to making hard problems easy.

Sep 12, 2025

Platform Engineering: A Deep Dive Conversation • Russ Miles & Kevlin Henney

In this interview from GOTO Copenhagen 2024, Russ Miles, interviewed by Kevlin Henney, explores a human-centric approach to platform engineering, encapsulated by the phrase "Don't feed the pigeons." He advocates for focusing on desired behavioral changes and empowering creative work over doubling down on existing, suboptimal tools and processes. The discussion delves into using OODA loops, creating a developer "habitat," and the critical role of empathy and storytelling in understanding and improving complex sociotechnical systems.