Academic Area
Biology & Complex Systems
Understanding intelligence as an emergent property of living and adaptive systems.
Thinking About Thinking Inc. supports interdisciplinary inquiry into biology, psychology, and complex systems, the study of how intelligence, behaviour, and adaptation emerge from interacting components over time.
This focus area brings together researchers and practitioners working across biology, psychology, cognitive science, computational biology, cybernetics, informatics, and complex systems science. We are interested in how intelligence arises in living systems, how behaviour is shaped by context and interaction, and how insights from natural systems inform artificial and collective intelligence.
Our emphasis is on emergence, adaptation, and interaction, moving beyond isolated components to understand systems as wholes.
Core Questions We Explore
How does intelligence emerge from biological and psychological processes?
What mechanisms underlie learning, behaviour, and adaptation in living systems?
How do feedback, regulation, and control shape complex systems?
What can biological systems teach us about robustness, resilience, and failure?
How do individual cognition and collective dynamics interact?
Where do reductionist models fall short in explaining complex behaviour?
Recordings
We publish recordings of talks, panels, and seminars to make serious thinking about artificial intelligence and machine learning accessible beyond the conference hall.
Artificial intelligence and machine learning are core themes across our flagship events.
At our AE Global Summits, we convene researchers, builders, and policymakers to examine Open Problems in AI research, infrastructure, applications, and governance.
At our Conference on the Mathematics of Neuroscience and AI we explore the deeper mathematical and computational foundations of learning and intelligence, often in dialogue with neuroscience and cognitive science.
Events
Ambassadors
Year 2025
Ambassadors
