​👀 WHAT’S HAPPENING?

• ​1 - 1:30PM: Check-in + Networking

• ​1:30 to 2:10PM: Autoregression: Are Human Brains (Actually) LLMs? with Prof. Elan Barenholtz (Director @ MPCR Lab; Center for Complex Systems) [YouTube, X, Substack, Interview on TOE @ UofT]

• ​2:10 to 2:30PM: Live Virtual Q&A with Professor Barenholtz (Director @ Machine Perception Cognitive Robotics Lab; Center for Complex Systems)

• ​2:30 to 3:10PM: Unconventional Forms of Computation in Nature with Prof William Edward Han (Machine Perception Cognitive Robotics Lab) [YouTube, X, Substack, Interview on TOE @ MIT]

• ​3:10 to 3:30PM: Live Virtual Q&A with Prof. Hahn

• ​3:30 to 4PM: Discussion + Networking

​🍝 Food and beverages provided!

​​​​​📍WHERE: Akatos House @ Waterloo + Livestream [Link will be sent when we start!]

​🗓️ WHEN: Wednesday March 18, 1-4PM EDT

​​​​​• Hosted by Addy Cha (Founder @ Ekkolapto.org, O'Shaughnessy Ventures 2025 Grantee, Machine Perception Cognitive Robotics Lab/Center for Complex Systems).

​• Previous hackathons, salons, podcasts, and dinners at MIT, UT Austin, FAU, Harvard, Augmentation Lab, Frontier Tower, The Residency, DC/Maryland, NYC, University of Toronto, University of Waterloo.​​​

​​PREVIOUS EVENTS 📸:

​• Longevity & Unconventional Computing Research Hackathon at MIT Media Lab, featuring Stephen Wolfram, David Sinclair, Curt Jaimungal, and more: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLy5dPSW_KkniuHpoLwlzkYcxhxn50Mn0T

​​​​​​• Polymath Salon at University of Toronto with Michael Levin, Andrés Gómez Emilsson, and Elan Barenholtz on the Binding Problem and Platonic Spaces: https://youtu.be/0BVM0UC28nY

​• Polymath Salon at UT Austin with Professor Scott Aaronson on the Philosophy of Computational Complexity: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OST1DjD08Hg