Anna Ciaunica and Prof. Elan Barenholtz presented and discussed embodied cognition across biological and artificial minds in an Ekkolapto Polymath Salon.

MPCR Lab co-founders Prof. William Hahn and Prof. Elan Barenholtz discussed synesthesia, digital psychedelics, pseudo-psychedelics, infohazards, psychological prompt engineering, and Solresol in an Ekkolapto Polymath Salon. Hahn presented his theory of “psychotokenomics” — how unorthodox forms of language modify machine and biological intelligence.

AI researcher Peter Voss — who co-coined the term “AGI” in 2002 — joined Prof. William Hahn for a fireside chat on what AGI actually means, why LLMs may not be the path to it, and how AGI could lead to human flourishing. Hosted by Ekkolapto.

Wolfram Institute researcher Dugan Hammock and Prof. William Hahn discussed hyperdimensional shapes and parameterized 3-manifolds in an Ekkolapto Polymath Salon hosted at FAU.

FAU’s Center for the Future of AI, Mind and Society hosted MindFest 2025, bringing together international experts to examine consciousness, artificial intelligence, and the rise of LLM-based agents. The conference, led by Prof. Susan Schneider, partnered with the PBS series Closer to Truth to record interviews with keynote speakers.

Ekkolapto founder Addy Cha presented his work on inducing altered states of consciousness, cognition, and perception using language at the Gruber AI Sandbox.

The Gruber AI Sandbox hosted Polymath Medical 2025 — an evening bringing together medical professionals, researchers, and students to explore how AI and new computational paradigms will transform healthcare.