Will Mayner
neuroscience · scientific computing
- I was very happy to talk about my work on extending Integrated Information Theory to account for perception & meaning with @algarwegian.bsky.social. The talk is geared towards those already familiar with IIT, but may still be of interest even if you're not. Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2412.21111
- [Qstr-IIT summer school 2025] Day 4 Will Mayner: Matching and Meaning in IIT youtu.be/NN0vxe0Xp8c?... @YouTube
- The questions didn't make it into the recording, so you can only hear my responses—but the questions were great and so were the discussions afterwards. Thanks to @naotsuchiya.bsky.social, Hayato Saigo, and @ellia.bsky.social for organizing such an excellent summer school at NSAS!
- In case you missed it, the infamous “IIT is pseudoscience” letter has been published in @natureneuro.bsky.social (rdcu.be/ecZIL), along with our reply (rdcu.be/ec7QV) and an excellent nonpartisan commentary from Àlex Gómez-Marín and @anilseth.bsky.social (rdcu.be/ec7XF)
- New preprint out with @algarwegian.bsky.social and Giulio Tononi arxiv.org/abs/2412.21111 Some questions we address 👇 🧵 @joannaszczotka.bsky.social @renzocom.bsky.social @ksks.bsky.social @anilseth.bsky.social @davidchalmers.bsky.social @romainbrette.bsky.social
- – What is the relationship between phenomenal experiences and stimuli that trigger them, i.e., how does perception fit in to IIT? – What does IIT have to say about meaning, and what does this imply for the concepts of reference & representation in IIT?
- Excellent post from Larissa Albantakis on some criticisms of IIT and replies to them: www.consciousnessrealist.com/IIT-criticis...
