Explores 'neuromythography', a project that assigns mythological and cultural names ('mythonyms') to brain areas and neuroscience findings, and tests whether LLMs can use them to generate hypotheses. Issues mix project updates, worked examples from published studies, and glossary-style entries.
Website: https://www.neuromythography.org/
Long-form essays by neuroscientist Erik Hoel on AI's effects on culture, human freedom and the future, written with literary and philosophical flourishes. Readers get a strongly argued, personal point of view on technology, science and society.
Long-form essays on biology, drug discovery and machine learning, currently a three-part series on whether organoids have delivered on their promise. The author, who works on health data philanthropy, offers skeptical, opinionated analysis of the scientific literature with occasional life and job updates.
A podcast-style newsletter that investigates a single biochemistry or health claim per episode, tracing it from the original observation to the latest research. Each issue includes an evidence check that grades individual claims (association, mixed, untested, not supported) against numbered references.
Essays that apply cognitive neuroscience concepts such as goal neglect, executive function and predictive control to the design of AI agents and voice systems. Readers get concrete failure-mode analysis and architectural arguments for long-running agents and real-time conversational AI.
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