[FRIAM] new directions at the michael levin lab

[Roger Critchlow]

Interesting post on hackernews today.  Michael Levin is arguing that a
video puzzle game, Baba Is You (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baba_Is_You
or https://hempuli.com/baba/), is good preparation for working in his lab.

What’s cool about this puzzle game (besides the fact that it’s challenging
> and fun) is that it gets you to break a number of mental categories and
> think more continuously and fluidly about topics relevant to the
> understanding of life and mind. Among other things, it dissolves barriers
> between data and algorithm, between a cognitive system and its contents,
> and gets you to think differently. People often ask me what kind of
> preparation they need to join our lab; I think I’ll put this game on that
> list. It’s a good introduction to the relevant mental flexibility,
> especially given our latest directions
> <https://drmichaellevin.org/research/newdirections.html>. Hofstadter’s
> incredible, classic GEB
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%B6del,_Escher,_Bach> is another such.


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