Founder/CEO @ Embrained, LLC. PhD Neuroscience. Democratizing Embodied AI & Neurorobotics.
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Joined May 2008
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Christopher Harris retweeted
To advance foundational AI, we must solve continual learning and catastrophic forgetting. New research by our team introduces Nested Learning (NL), a paradigm that views an ML model as a system of nested optimization problems.
This approach unifies architecture and optimization, creating a deeper computational capacity for learning. This is a crucial step toward creating models with the continual learning abilities seen in the human brain.
More in the blog by Vahab Mirrokni and Ali Behrouz: goo.gle/47IOCjP
Read the NeurIPS 2025 paper: abehrouz.github.io/files/NL.…
Christopher Harris retweeted
AI is becoming masterful at creating philosophical zombies - systems that mimic conscious behavior but are likely not conscious. If an AI "copies" training data, acting as though it has inner subjective experience and feelings - but doesn't - what issues might arise from that?
Christopher Harris retweeted
Some people believe consciousness will “emerge” in AI as classical neural networks grow in size and complexity, while others believe we will need more progress in our understanding of physics before #consciousAI is possible… Either way we need to be doing more research into it
Christopher Harris retweeted
We haven't tried yet, but you can probably build a neural network to play hide & seek with Neurorobot.
#fens2024 #fensforum2024 @FENSorg
Christopher Harris retweeted
📣 Free NeuroRobots workshop for high-school life science teachers in/around Detroit!
Reg now to test our curriculum. You'll get to use these guys in your classroom - code their behavior by building brainlike neural networks!
📅 Sat, May 25
🔗 tinyurl.com/NeuroRobotDetroi…
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Christopher Harris retweeted
Really enjoyed this conversation with @EconTalker Russ Roberts. We disagree on some things but we aired our disagreements respectfully and attentively. You can watch at the URL below or listen on my @NonzeroPods feed--and this will be airing on Russ's EconTalk podcast as well.
An Israeli Looks at Gaza | @robertwrighter and Russ Roberts (@EconTalker), president of Shalem College in Jerusalem and host of the EconTalk podcast, discuss the war, media bias, free speech, and tribalism.
youtu.be/GeIt-eur01g?feature…
Christopher Harris retweeted
High school life science teachers in NYC area, apply asap for this free #neuroscience prof. development workshop! Program the NeuroRobot's behavior by building neural networks akin to our own. You'll get curriculum to implement in your classroom. RT 🙏
🔗tinyurl.com/NeuroRobotNYC
Christopher Harris retweeted
📣 Calling NYC high school life science teachers! ✨
FREE 6.5 hour NeuroRobots workshop this Sat at the @nysci NeuroRobots are 🤖 with computer models of biological 🧠. We'll test out curriculum & you'll get it to implement in classroom.
Reg now & RT!
tinyurl.com/NeuroRobotWorksh…
ALT backyard brains neurorobot in action
Christopher Harris retweeted
One more day to stop by our booth 736 at #SfN23! If you can't find us, just follow these guys. #SfN2023 #NeuroTwitter #SciComm @SfNtweets @chrisharris
Christopher Harris retweeted
Come say hi at #SfN23! You'll recognize us by the orange gear and an odd little brain or two crawling around the place. The booth's 736! #SfN2023 #NeuroTwitter @SfNtweets
ALT Backyard Brains neuroscience gear at SfN2023 annual conference
ALT Backyard Brains booth 736 at SfN 23
ALT Backyard Brains booth at Society for Neuroscience 2023
Christopher Harris retweeted
Attending #SfN23 in Washington, DC? Save the date for our annual Tools, Tech & Theory social on 11/12 at 6:30-9pm ET. Chat with BRAIN-funded toolmakers about tools & data resources available to the neuroscience community! bit.ly/3QpkaCV #studyBRAIN
Christopher Harris retweeted
Wirehead (science fiction) en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wire…
Christopher Harris retweeted
To make neural networks as modular as brains, We propose brain-inspired modular training, resulting in modular and interpretable networks! The ability to directly see modules with naked eyes can facilitate mechanistic interpretability. It’s nice to see how a “brain” grows in NN!
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Christopher Harris retweeted
AAPS Forsythe Middle School partners up with @BackyardBrains to help teach @PLTWorg Medical Detectives the Nervous System! Students mapped out neurons & axons in the brain structure to get the robot to fire similar to the human brain! @NIH @a2_math @TPachera @A2Forsythe
Christopher Harris retweeted
If you're as lucky as we are to be in San Diego from today through Nov 16, come visit our booth 2824 at @SfNtweets conference #SfN22! We'll be exhibiting -- and launching our new book "How Your Brain Works -- #Neuroscience Experiments for Everyone."
ALT "how your brain works" book
Christopher Harris retweeted
Here's my conversation with Ray Kurzweil, who predicted that the Singularity will happen by 2045, beyond which the exponential growth of AI will become uncontrollable & unpredictable. We talk about this and also about immortality & the future of humanity. youtube.com/watch?v=ykY69lSp…
Christopher Harris retweeted
DBS electrodes in the accumbens detect low-frequency activity that indicates food craving and precedes bouts of binge eating. On detection, the electrodes produce a brief burst of high-frequency stimulation. Result: increased self-control and weight loss. nature.com/articles/s41591-0…
