Ida Momennejad

@neuroai.bsky.social

Principal Researcher @ Microsoft Research.
AI, RL, cog neuro, philosophy.
www.momen-nejad.org

@anilseth.bsky.socialReposted by @neuroai.bsky.social

1/2 🎇 Good news! 🎇 The kind people at Behavioral and Brain Science have made the new collection on "Conscious AI and biological naturalism" #OpenAccess for a limited time: target article, all 50 commentaries, & my response. Go to the link and click 'save pdf': doi.org/10.1017/S014.... Do share!

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@ispsm.bsky.socialReposted by @neuroai.bsky.social

How do philosophers and scientists of mind actually work together, and where does the collaboration break down? ISPSM is launching In Conversation, a new online series that aims to bring philosophers and scientists together to work through questions like these. đź“… 23 Oct 2026, 1pm BST/8am EDT

Poster for "Philosophy and Science in conversation", the inaugural ISPSM In Conversation event. Speakers: Megan Peters (UCL/UC Irvine), Ida Momennejad (Microsoft Research, New York), Jorge Morales (Duke). Held online, 23/10/26, 1pm BST/8am EDT. QR code and link: tinyurl.com/ISPSMInConversation.
@neuroai.bsky.social

In light of the Cornell case: an invitation to Actively stop group abuse of women at all levels. Report text chains, stop them. But also Data shows mundane group abuse of women in slander/gossip, dismissal of expertise, policing, low credit/hiring/promotion/pay, humiliation, disrespect, etc. Say Noâ›”

@carlzimmer.comReposted by @neuroai.bsky.social

Four days ago, a scientist was surprised by the news that Anthropic discovered new virus genes for making DNA. He says he’s been studying them for years—and feeding his data to Anthropic’s AI as part of his own research. Coincidence? Here’s my story. nyti.ms/3VSWayc

nyti.msDid Anthropic’s A.I. Really Make a Scientific Discovery on Its Own? (Gift Article)An expert at the University of Copenhagen said his team had been sharing its research with the company’s A.I. model, Claude, and that its new finding matched their work.
@eryk.bsky.socialReposted by @neuroai.bsky.social

I started researching ML before I built a synth, but you can get a great intuitive understanding of interaction within a generative system by building a modular analog synthesizer and watching how your components interact, and seeing what surprises emerge and what stays predictable as you scale up.

Steve Porcaro of "Toto" with a wall-sized modular synthesizer - basically a massive nest of tangled wires -- the Polyfusion 'Damius'. Photo by Jim Gardner - https://www.flickr.com/photos/jamesthephotographer/120916737/
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As a grad student I remember an SfN social where Movshon & other vision scientists debated as Star Wars characters, making their disagreements fun with the Star wars scaffold. Science relies on the art of no-BS honest disagreement & they normalized this in a fun way. I worry we’re losing that art.

@neuroai.bsky.socialReposted by @neuroai.bsky.social

Agreed. Also as a community we need to (re)normalize asking critical questions at talks, conferences, random convos. Asking about scientific rigor sometimes takes a backseat to social considerations, esp when someone's charismatic or overconfident (student or prof). Ask kindly/thoughtfully, but ask.

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