Akseli Ilmanen

AI companies will fail. We can salvage something from the wreckage | Cory Doctorow AI is asbestos in the walls of our tech society, stuffed there by monopolists run amok. A serious fight against it must strike at its roots

Utterly brilliant writing by Cory and so rare to see any critical thought so well expressed.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

Do you love quantifying animal behavior as much as we do? We have just the tool for you! Presenting #OCTRON - a pipeline that helps you create rich annotation data and enables training of custom segmentation models. Have a look, particularly if you work with non-model / invertebrate organisms!

Real-Time Segmentation and Classification of Birdsong Syllables for Learning Experiments Songbirds are essential animal models for studying neuronal and behavioral mechanisms of learned vocalizations. Bengalese finch (Lonchura striata domestica) songs contain a limited number of acoustica...

Our python package for real-time targeting of birdsong syllables "Moove" is finally out!
Thanks to my co-authors Nils Riekers, @goebl.bsky.social and Lena Veit.
Our pre-print is online on biorxiv and our code is available on GitHub. Check it out!
doi.org/10.64898/202...
github.com/veitlab/moove

New paper on precise tool use learning in carrion crows @currentbiology.bsky.social. We show that—like New Caledonian crows—expert carrion crows pay close attention to the working end of their tool, suggesting tool integration into their peripersonal space. 🧵 & vids! 👇

www.cell.com/current-biol...

Really interesting study showing learning of tool use in carrion crows! www.cell.com/current-biol...

Breaking the jar: Why NeuroAI needs embodiment Brain function is inexorably shaped by the body. Embracing this will benefit computational models of real brain function and the design of ANNs.

Embodiment is the concept that the function of the brain is inexorably shaped by the body, a lens that is often neglected when neuroscientists study specific brain subsystems, write @bingbrunton.bsky.social and @tuthill.bsky.social.

#neuroskyence #neuroai

www.thetransmitter.org/neuroai/brea...

Motor sequence learning involves better prediction of the next action and optimization of movement trajectories Learning new sequential movements is a fundamental skill for many animals. Motor sequence learning may arise from three distinct processes: (1) improved execution of individual movements independent o...

Careful dissection of motor sequence learning by @andpru.bsky.social and @mkashefi.bsky.social. In my humble opinion this should be an instant classic 😏.

www.jneurosci.org/content/earl...

Simons Collaboration on Ecological Neuroscience The mission of the Simons Collaboration on Ecological NEuroscience (SCENE) is to understand how affordances offered by the world shape representations in the mind and the brain.

First big new @simonsfoundation.org neuroscience collaboration launches - exciting!! The product of a HUGE competition among the best minds and teams.

Congrats to this group:

www.simonsfoundation.org/neuroscience...

Will it be live-streamed or recorded by any chance?😅

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/crows-are-surprisingly-good-at-geometry/

1/7 Carrion crows recognize geometric figures without prior training

There has been much debate about whether our sensitivity to Euclidean geometry is unique, as experiments with primates seemed to indicate. We now know that it is not the case.

(paper) www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...