Humans & Artificial Minds: Mutual influences, for better and for worse

  • 9:00-9:30: Introduction
  • 9:30-10:00: Steve Fleming (UCL) - (Artificial) Consciousness Reimagined
  • 10:00-10:30: Valeria Giardino (ENS) - Very smart cognitive tools: how to improve them and how they affect the practice of mathematics
  • 10:30-11:00: Silvia Tulli (ISIR) - Inferring Implicit Goals Across Differing Task Models
  • 11:00-11:30: Break
  • 11:30-12:00: Charley Wu (Darmstadt) - The role of cognitive models in the age of machine intelligence
  • 12:00-12:30:

Behavioral Optimization for Homeostasis and Its Implications

Homeostasis of internal bodily states is essential for animal survival. Numerous neuroscientific studies suggest that processes such as water regulation, energy balance, and even social interactions can be interpreted as forms of homeostatic control over the body’s physical and chemical states. In computational neuroscience, reinforcement learning (RL) theory is widely recognized as a framework for modeling decision-making. However, the concept of reward in RL typically remains a free parameter.

Social Cognition, Emotions and Fiction: Theatre as an experimental ground for Cognitive Science

Jury :

  • Jonna Vuoskoski (University of Oslo), reviewer
  • Gabriele Sofia (Università di Roma Tre), reviewer 
  • Antonia Hamilton (University College London), examiner 
  • Louis Dieuzayde (Aix-Marseille University), examiner 
  • Marion Chénetier-Alex (Ecole Normale Supérieure-PSL), PhD co-supervisor 
  • Julie Grèzes (Ecole Normale Supérieure-PSL), PhD supervisor 

Summary :

Les rythmes cardiaques, respiratoires et gastriques modulent indépendamment l'excitabilité corticospinale motrice chez l'être humain

CerveauL'interoception désigne la manière dont le cerveau perçoit les signaux provenant de l'intérieur du corps. Certains de ces signaux sont de nature rythmique, comme les battements de notre cœur, l'expansion de nos poumons ou les contractions de notre estomac.