diff --git a/conductor/tracks/video_analysis_neural_dynamics_miller_20260621/artifacts/ocr.md b/conductor/tracks/video_analysis_neural_dynamics_miller_20260621/artifacts/ocr.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..a9f0fc3b --- /dev/null +++ b/conductor/tracks/video_analysis_neural_dynamics_miller_20260621/artifacts/ocr.md @@ -0,0 +1,1636 @@ +# OCR Results + +## frame_00001.jpg + +``` +PowerPoint Slide Show - Miller MIT Levin Computational Meeting 5, 2026 - PcwerPoint +What is thought? +``` + +## frame_00002.jpg + +``` +PowerPoint Slide Show - Miller MIT Levin Computational Meeting 5, 2026 - PowerPoint +What is thought? +The stuff: +Neurons. They connect to each other +at junctions called "synapses" and +signal each other by brief electrical +impulses (spikes) +40 mV +40 ms +Spikes zipping down neural pathways like +telegraph wires. +``` + +## frame_00003.jpg + +``` +PowerPoint Slide Show - Miller MIT Levin Computational Meeting 5, 2026 - PowerPoint +What is thought? +The stuff: +Neurons. They connect to each other +at junctions called "synapses" and +signal each other by brief electrical +impulses (spikes) +40 mV +40 ms +Brains have a lot of this stuff. +Cerebral cortex +Cortex: The outer part of your brain +where thinking emerges +Your cortex alone contains +20 billion neurons +that form +1014 synaptic connections +``` + +## frame_00004.jpg + +``` +PowerPoint Slide Show - Miller MIT Levin Computational Meeting 5, 2026 - PowerPoint +What is thought? +The stuff: +Neurons. They connect to each other +at junctions called "synapses" and +signal each other by brief electrical +impulses (spikes). +40 mV +40 ms +Brains have a lot of this stuff. +Cerebral cortex +Cortex: The outer part of your brain +where thinking emerges +Your cortex alone contains +20 billion neurons +that form +1014 synaptic connections +At first, neurons were poorly understood and sometimes regarded as +mere building blocks. +Like bricks or scaffolding without distinct roles of their own. +The brain was seen as a +set of larger-scale set of +anatomical organs or +modules. +``` + +## frame_00005.jpg + +``` +PowerPoint Slide Show - Miller MIT Levin Computational Meeting 5, 2026 - PowerPoint +What is thought? +The stuff: +Neurons. They connect to each other +at junctions called "synapses" and +signal each other by brief electrical +impulses (spikes) +By the 1950s, we developed the tech to study the +electrical spiking of individual neurons. +A major discovery: Neurons are not scaffolding. They are +little information processing units. +``` + +## frame_00006.jpg + +``` +PowerPoint Slide Show - Miller MIT Levin Computational Meeting 5, 2026 - PowerPoint +What is thought? +The stuff: +Neurons. They connect to each other +at junctions called "synapses" and +signal each other by brief electrical +impulses (spikes) +By the 1950s, we developed the tech to study the +electrical spiking of individual neurons. +Yellow — parts of +the visual system +A major discovery: Neurons are not scaffolding. They are +little information processing units. +Based on Nobel-Prize winning work of Hubel and Wiesel (circa 1962) +``` + +## frame_00007.jpg + +``` +PmverPoint Slide Show - Miller MIT Levin Computational Meeting 5, 2026 - PowerPoint +Connectionism: The Classic Model of the Brain (and AI) +The cortex is wired like a telegraph system combines signals. +Spikes traveling down +"wires" with logic-gate like +connections. +``` + +## frame_00008.jpg + +``` +PowerPoint Slide Show - Miller MIT Levin Computational Meeting 5, 2026 - PowerPoint +Connectionism: The Classic Model of the Brain (and Al) +The cortex is wired like a telegraph system combines signals. +Spikes traveling down +"wires" with logic-gate like +connections. +Higher cortex +e ee +e ooo ö +eøos ezos ens +Primary sensory +(visual) cortex +``` + +## frame_00009.jpg + +``` +PowerPoint Slide Show - Miller MIT Levin Computational Meeting 5, 2026 - PowerPoint +A Discovery Challenged Connectionism: Multifunctional Neurons +"Mixed Selectivity" neurons are *not* specialized. They don't have "one +favorite thing" they spike to. Their spiking reflects complex (non-linear) +combinations of a lot of different things in different situations. +e Mixed-selectivity +neurons +Selective +neurons +``` + +## frame_00010.jpg + +``` +PowerPoint Slide Show - Miller MIT Levin Computational Meeting 5, 2026 - PowerPoint +A Discovery Challenged Connectionism: Multifunctional Neurons +"Mixed Selectivity" neurons are *not* specialized. They don't have "one +favorite thing" they spike to. Their spiking reflects complex (non-linear) +combinations of a lot of different things in different situations. +Not specialized like this +More like this! +zos ense ms +e Mixed-selectivity +neurons +Selective +neurons +This means that cortex is a web of overlapping, +multifunctional networks that constantly interact, not a +collection of specialized parts. +``` + +## frame_00011.jpg + +``` +PowerPoint Slide Show - Miller MIT Levin Computational Meeting 5, 2026 - PowerPoint +Multifunctional "Mixed Selectivity" Neurons +Sequence memory task +Remember two pictures and their order +Classic Connectionism predicts: +0b ect 1 +Q) +z +z +ob•ect 2 +Time +Object selectivity +Time +Order selectivity +Time +recall +Specialized neurons +(9 +Neurons spike to +independent factors +and/or a simple +combination of factors. +Duncan and Miler (2002, 2013), Rigotti, Barak, Warden, Wang, Daw, Miller, & Fusi (2013), Fusi, Miller, Rigotti (2016), Brincat, +Siegel, Nicolai, and Miller (2018), Siegel, Buschman, and Miller (2015), Tye, Miller, Taschbach, Benna, Rigotti, Fusi (2024) +``` + +## frame_00012.jpg + +``` +PowerPoint Slide Show - Miller MIT Levin Computational Meeting 5, 2026 - PowerPoint +Mixed Selectivity Is Critical for Cognition +Neuron 1 +(pure selectivity to a) +1.0 +0.6 +0.24 +0 02 0.4 0.6 1.0 +Neuron 2 +(pure selectivity to b) +High +dimensional +1.0 +08 +0.6 +0.4 +02 +Neuron 4 +(non-linear nxed) +1.0 +0.8 no +0.6 +0.4 +02 +0 02 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0 +10 +Rigotti, Barak, Warden, Wang, Daw, Miller, & Fusi (2013) +0 02 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0 +Duncan and Miler (2002, 2013), Rigotti, Barak, Warden, Wang, Daw, Miller, & Fusi (2013), Fusi, Miller, Rigotti (2016), Brincat, +Siegel, Nicolai, and Miller (2018), Siegel, Buschman, and Miller (2015), Tye, Miller, Taschbach, Benna, Rigotti, Fusi (2024) +Mattia Rigotti Stefano Fusi +Columbia +Melissa +Warden +``` + +## frame_00013.jpg + +``` +PowerPoint Slide Show - Miller MIT Levin Computational Meeting 5, 2026 - PowerPoint +The Biggest Challenge: How Does the Brain Control Such a Complex System? +``` + +## frame_00014.jpg + +``` +PowerPoint Slide Show - Miller MIT Levin Computational Meeting 5, 2026 - PowerPoint +The Biggest Challenge: How Does the Brain Control Such a Complex System? +We have executive control over our brains. +We take charge of our thoughts. +• We don't just react to inputs (like a thermostat or AI). +• We act differently depending on the situation. +• We set goals and make plans. +• We do this flexibly to navigate a fast-paced world. +It seems impossibly complex to build a control +system that works by connectionism +neurons. +A manual telephone switchboard +``` + +## frame_00015.jpg + +``` +PowerPoint Slide Show - Miller MIT Levin Computational Meeting 5, 2026 - PowerPoint +Brain Waves +Electrodes +Brain +EEG reading +Brain waves are rhythmic fluctuations in electric fields surrounding +neurons produced by the spiking. +``` + +## frame_00016.jpg + +``` +PowerPoint Slide Show - Miller MIT Levin Computational Meeting 5, 2026 - PowerPoint +Brain Waves +Electrodes +Brain +EEG reading +Brain waves are rhythmic fluctuations in electric fields surrounding +neurons produced by the spiking. +They are grouped into frequency bands loosely associated with +different behavioral or cognitive states such as deep sleep, relaxed +wakefulness, or focused attention +>30 Hz +Gamma +Problem solving, +concentration +- 0.0 +12-30 Hz +Beta +Busy. active mind +8-12 Hz +Alpha +Reflective, restful +4-8 Hz +Theta +Drowsiness +0.5-4 Hz +Delta +Sleep, dreaming +0.0 +0.0 +0.0 +0.2 +02 +02 +0.2 +0.2 +0.4 +0.4 +04 +0.4 +0.4 +0.6 +0.6 +0.6 +0.6 +0.6 +0.8 +0.8 +0.8 +0.8 +0.8 +1.0 +1.0 +1.0 +1.0 +1.0 +``` + +## frame_00017.jpg + +``` +PowerPoint Slide Show - Miller MIT Levin Computational Meeting 5, 2026 - PowerPoint +General Anesthesia Alters Brain Wave Dynamics +Conscious +Collaboration with Emery Brown Lab (MGH/MIT) +Bastos et al (2021); Garwood et al (2021); Bardon et al +(2025); Eisen et al (2024, 2026) +``` + +## frame_00018.jpg + +``` +PowerPoint Slide Show - Miller MIT Levin Computational Meeting 5, 2026 - PowerPoint +Brain Waves Influence Neurons +MakeAGIF.com +A crowd doing "the wave" +MakeAGIF.com +``` + +## frame_00020.jpg + +``` +PowerPoint Slide Show - Miller MIT Levin Computational Meeting 5, 2026 - PowerPoint +Brain Waves Influence Neurons +MakeAGIF.com +A crowd doing "the wave" +MakeAGlF.com +``` + +## frame_00029.jpg + +``` +PowerPoint Slide Show - Miller MIT Levin Computational Meeting 5, 2026 - PowerPoint +Brain Waves Influence Neurons +Brain waves are made of the same stuff as spikes, changes in +voltage levels, but on a larger spatial and longer time scale. +MakeAGIF.com +A crowd doing "the wave" +MakeÅGIF.com +``` + +## frame_00046.jpg + +``` +PowerPoint Slide Show - Miller MIT Levin Computational Meeting 5, 2026 - PowerPoint +Brain Waves Influence Neurons +Brain waves are made of the same stuff as spikes, changes in +voltage levels, but on a larger spatial and longer time scale. +This means that they exert a strong influence on when and where +neurons spike in cortex. +• MakeAGIF.com +It's like overlaying powerful radio waves onto a telegraph system, with the waves modulating the +impulses in the wires. +A crowd doing "the wave" +MakeAGlF.com +Much like a sports fan in a stadium, neuron spiking follows waves. +Spikes from a single neuron +200 +100 +voltage +-100 +Brain waves +500 +1000 +1500 +Time (ms) +``` + +## frame_00047.jpg + +``` +PowerPoint Slide Show - Miller MIT Levin Computational Meeting 5, 2026 - PowerPoint +Brain Waves Influence Neurons +Brain waves are made of the same stuff as spikes, changes in +voltage levels, but on a larger spatial and longer time scale. +This means that they exert a strong influence on when and where +neurons spike in cortex. +MakeAGIF.com +It's like overlaying powerful radio waves onto a telegraph system, with the waves modulating the +impulses in the wires. +A crowd doing "the wave" +MakeAGlF.com +Much like a sports fan in a stadium, neuron spiking follows waves. +Spikes from a single neuron +200 +100 +voltage +-100 +Brain waves +500 +1000 +1500 +Time (ms) +``` + +## frame_00049.jpg + +``` +PowerPoint Slide Show - Miller MIT Levin Computational Meeting 5, 2026 - PowerPoint +Brain Waves Influence Neurons +Brain waves are made of the same stuff as spikes, changes in +voltage levels, but on a larger spatial and longer time scale. +This means that they exert a strong influence on when and where +neurons spike in cortex. +MakeÅGIF.com +It's like overlaying powerful radio waves onto a telegraph system, with the waves modulating the +impulses in the wires. +A crowd doing "the wave" +MakeAGlF.com +Much like a sports fan in a stadium, neuron spiking follows waves. +Spikes from a single neuron +voltage +200 +100 +-100 +Brain waves +500 +1000 +1500 +Time (ms) +``` + +## frame_00061.jpg + +``` +PowerPoint Slide Show - Miller MIT Levin Computational Meeting 5, 2026 - PowerPoint +Lower Frequency Brainwaves Control Higher Frequency Brainwaves +Bottom-up: Gamma (>30 Hz) +Excitatory. Gamma/spiking in superficial +(feedforward) sensory inputs +Sensory +cortex +" Executive" +frontal cortex +Top-down control: Alpha/beta (-10-25 Hz) +• Inhibitory. Feedback signals that suppress +(filter) gamma/spiking. +Miller et al (2018); Lundqvist et al (2020); Lundqvist et al. (2018); Pinotsis et al (2019); Lundqvist et al (2016); Lundqvist et al (2024); Lundqvist et al (2023) Mendoza-Halliday and Major et al (2024) Nature Neuro +``` + +## frame_00062.jpg + +``` +PowerPoint Slide Show - Miller MIT Levin Computational Meeting 5, 2026 - PowerPoint +Lower Frequency Brainwaves Control Higher Frequency Brainwaves +Bottom-up: Gamma (>30 Hz) +Excitatory. Gamma/spiking in superficial +(feedforward) sensory inputs +Sensory +cortex +Cortex has multiple layers +Laser I +Layer 2 +Layer 3 +Layer 4 +Layer 5 +Layer 6 +Pial Surface +White Matter +" Executive" +frontal cortex +Top-down control: Alpha/beta (-10-25 Hz) +• Inhibitory. Feedback signals that suppress +(filter) gamma/spiking. +3D reconstruction Of five columns in rat vibrissal cortex +underlying image from: +Marcel Oberländer, Beyond the Cortical Column, Neuroinromatics 2012 +CC 4.0 +Miller et al (2018); Lundqvist et al (2020); Lundqvist et al. (2018); Pinotsis et al (2019); Lundqvist et al (2016); Lundqvist et al (2024); Lundqvist et al (2023) Mendoza-Halliday and Major et al (2024) Nature Neuro +``` + +## frame_00063.jpg + +``` +PowerPoint Slide Show - Miller MIT Levin Computational Meeting 5, 2026 - PowerPoint +Sequence memory task +Remember two pictures and their order +oWect 1 +Time +1 +oWect 2 +recall +Non-linear context- +dependent spiking +Spatial Computing Can Explain Mixed Selectivity +Spatial Computing +Negative network space as a coding dimension +Lundqvist et al. (2023) +Time +``` + +## frame_00078.jpg + +``` +PowerPoint Slide Show - Miller MIT Levin Computational Meeting 5, 2026 - PowerPoint +Sequence memory task +Remember two pictures and their order +oWect 1 +oWect 2 +recall +Time +Non-linear context- +dependent spiking +Spatial Computing Can Explain Mixed Selectivity +Spatial Computing +Negative network space as a coding dimension +Time +ISt +2nd +Gamma/spikes +• Information about +the objects. +Different alpha/beta +patterns for different +contexts. +Higher-level +cortex +Bottom-up +random connectivity +gamma & spiking +sensory selectivity +no bottom-up inputs +bottom-up inputs suppressed +bottom-up inputs expressed +Lundqvist et al. (2023) +Alpha/beta +Different +stencils for +context: +"1st" VS "2nd" +Gamma/spikes +2nd +``` + +## frame_00079.jpg + +``` +PowerPoint Slide Show - Miller MIT Levin Computational Meeting 5, 2026 - PowerPoint +Brain Waves Are Ideal For Control and Organization +A crowd doing "the wave" +i. MakeAGIF.com +``` + +## frame_00080.jpg + +``` +PowerPoint Slide Show - Miller MIT Levin Computational Meeting 5, 2026 - PowerPoint +Brain Waves Are Ideal For Control and Organization +Wave functions are simple and efficient: +Rather than controlling individuals one by one, use a wave to guide +the entire group. +A crowd doing "the wave" +MakeAGIF.co}m +A brain doing "the wave" +151 ms +Electric voltage values at 64 grid points (2mm +spacing) in cortex +003 +0.02 +0.01 +-0.01 +-003 +``` + +## frame_00081.jpg + +``` +PowerPoint Slide Show - Miller MIT Levin Computational Meeting 5, 2026 - PowerPoint +Brain Waves Are Ideal For Control and Organization +Wave functions are simple and efficient: +Rather than controlling individuals one by one, use a wave to guide +the entire group. +A crowd doing "the wave" +MakeAGIF.com +A brain doing "the wave" +171 ms +Electric voltage values at 64 grid points (2mm +spacing) in cortex +003 +002 +0.01 +-0.01 +-003 +``` + +## frame_00082.jpg + +``` +PowerPoint Slide Show - Miller MIT Levin Computational Meeting 5, 2026 - PowerPoint +Brain Waves Are Ideal For Control and Organization +Wave functions are simple and efficient: +Rather than controlling individuals one by one, use a wave to guide +the entire group. +A crowd doing "the wave" +MakeAGlF.com +A brain doing "the wave" +195ms +Electric voltage values at 64 grid points (2mm +spacing) in cortex +003 +002 +0.01 +-0.01 +-003 +``` + +## frame_00084.jpg + +``` +PowerPoint Slide Show - Miller MIT Levin Computational Meeting 5, 2026 - PowerPoint +Brain Waves Are Ideal For Control and Organization +Wave functions are simple and efficient: +Rather than controlling individuals one by one, use a wave to guide +the entire group. +A crowd doing "the wave" +MakeAGIF.com +A brain doing "the wave" +303ms +Electric voltage values at 64 grid points (2mm +spacing) in cortex +003 +002 +0.01 +-0.01 +.002 +-003 +``` + +## frame_00086.jpg + +``` +PowerPoint Slide Show - Miller MIT Levin Computational Meeting 5, 2026 - PowerPoint +Brain Waves Are Ideal For Control and Organization +Wave functions are simple and efficient: +Rather than controlling individuals one by one, use a wave to guide +the entire group. +A crowd doing "the wave" +MakeAG IF, corn +A brain doing "the wave" +175ms +Electric voltage values at 64 grid points (2mm +spacing) in cortex +003 +0.02 +0.01 +-0.01 +.002 +-003 +``` + +## frame_00091.jpg + +``` +PowerPoint Slide Show - Miller MIT Levin Computational Meeting 5, 2026 - PowerPoint +Brain Waves Are Ideal For Control and Organization +Wave functions are simple and efficient: +Rather than controlling individuals one by one, use a wave to guide +the entire group. +A crowd doing "the wave" +MakeAGIF.com +A brain doing "the wave" +Electric voltage values at 64 grid points (2mm +spacing) in cortex +0.03 +0.02 +0.01 +-0.01 +-002 +-003 +``` + +## frame_00094.jpg + +``` +PowerPoint Slide Show - Miller MIT Levin Computational Meeting 5, 2026 - PowerPoint +Brain Waves Are Ideal For Control and Organization +Wave functions are simple and efficient: +Rather than controlling individuals one by one, use a wave to guide +the entire group. +A crowd doing "the wave" +MakeAGIF.com +A brain doing "the wave" +179ms +Electric voltage values at 64 grid points (2mm +spacing) in cortex +003 +0.02 +0.01 +-001 +02 +-003 +``` + +## frame_00096.jpg + +``` +PowerPoint Slide Show - Miller MIT Levin Computational Meeting 5, 2026 - PowerPoint +Brain Waves Are Ideal For Control and Organization +Wave functions are simple and efficient: +Rather than controlling individuals one by one, use a wave to guide +the entire group. +A crowd doing "the wave" +MakeAGIF.com +A brain doing "the wave" +115ms +Electric voltage values at 64 grid points (2mm +spacing) in cortex +003 +002 +001 +-0.01 +.002 +-003 +``` + +## frame_00097.jpg + +``` +PowerPoint Slide Show - Miller MIT Levin Computational Meeting 5, 2026 - PowerPoint +Brain Waves Are Ideal For Control and Organization +Wave functions are simple and efficient: +Rather than controlling individuals one by one, use a wave to guide +the entire group. +A crowd doing "the wave" +(vlakeAGLF.corv +A brain doing "the wave" +179ms +Electric voltage values at 64 grid points (2mm +spacing) in cortex +003 +002 +001 +-001 +-0 02 +.0D3 +``` + +## frame_00101.jpg + +``` +PowerPoint Slide Show - Miller MIT Levin Computational Meeting 5, 2026 - PowerPoint +Brain Waves Are Ideal For Control and Organization +Wave functions are simple and efficient: +Rather than controlling individuals one by one, use a wave to guide +the entire group. +A crowd doing "the wave" +MakeAG IF, com +A brain doing "the wave" +183ms +Electric voltage values at 64 grid points (2mm +spacing) in cortex +003 +002 +001 +-0.01 +-002 +-0.03 +``` + +## frame_00102.jpg + +``` +PowerPoint Slide Show - Miller MIT Levin Computational Meeting 5, 2026 - PowerPoint +Brain Waves Are Ideal For Control and Organization +Wave functions are simple and efficient: +Rather than controlling individuals one by one, use a wave to guide +the entire group. +A crowd doing "the wave" +•I MakeAGIEcom +A brain doing "the wave" +227ms +Electric voltage values at 64 grid points (2mm +spacing) in cortex +003 +002 +0.01 +-001 +02 +-003 +``` + +## frame_00104.jpg + +``` +PowerPoint Slide Show - Miller MIT Levin Computational Meeting 5, 2026 - PowerPoint +Brain Waves Are Ideal For Control and Organization +Wave functions are simple and efficient: +Rather than controlling individuals one by one, use a wave to guide +the entire group. +A crowd doing "the wave" +MakeAGIF.com +A brain doing "the wave" +Electric voltage values at 64 grid points (2mm +spacing) in cortex +003 +002 +001 +-001 +02 +.003 +``` + +## frame_00124.jpg + +``` +PowerPoint Slide Show - Miller MIT Levin Computational Meeting 5, 2026 - PowerPoint +Brain Waves Are Ideal For Control and Organization +Wave functions are simple and efficient: +Rather than controlling individuals one by one, use a wave to guide +the entire group. +A crowd doing "the wave" +MakeAGIF.com +A brain doing "the wave" +227ms +Electric voltage values at 64 grid points (2mm +spacing) in cortex +0.03 +002 +001 +-001 +02 +-0.03 +``` + +## frame_00136.jpg + +``` +PowerPoint Slide Show - Miller MIT Levin Computational Meeting 5, 2026 - PowerPoint +Brain Waves Are Ideal For Control and Organization +Wave functions are simple and efficient: +Rather than controlling individuals one by one, use a wave to guide +the entire group. +A crowd doing "the wave" +MakeAGlEcom +A brain doing "the wave" +299ms +Electric voltage values at 64 grid points (2mm +spacing) in cortex +0.03 +0.02 +0.01 +-0.01 +-002 +-003 +``` + +## frame_00163.jpg + +``` +PowerPoint Slide Show - Miller MIT Levin Computational Meeting 5, 2026 - PowerPoint +Brain Waves Are Ideal For Control and Organization +Wave functions are simple and efficient: +Rather than controlling individuals one by one, use a wave to guide +the entire group. +A crowd doing "the wave" +. MakeAGIF.com +A brain doing "the wave" +11 ms +Electric voltage values at 64 grid points (2mm +spacing) in cortex +0.03 +002 +0.01 +-001 +.0.02 +-003 +``` + +## frame_00168.jpg + +``` +PowerPoint Slide Show - Miller MIT Levin Computational Meeting 5, 2026 - PowerPoint +Brain Waves Are Ideal For Control and Organization +Wave functions are simple and efficient: +Rather than controlling individuals one by one, use a wave to guide +the entire group. +Waves are a natural way to produce complex organization. +A crowd doing "the wave" +. MakeAGIF.com +A brain doing "the wave" +0.03 +0.02 +0.01 +-001 +-0.02 +-003 +Electric voltage values at 64 grid points (2mm +spacing) in cortex +``` + +## frame_00171.jpg + +``` +PowerPoint Slide Show - Miller MIT Levin Computational Meeting 5, 2026 - PowerPoint +Brain Waves Are Ideal For Control and Organization +Wave functions are simple and efficient: +Rather than controlling individuals one by one, use a wave to guide +the entire group. +Waves are a natural way to produce complex organization. +A crowd doing "the wave" +MakeAGIF.com +A brain doing "the wave" +123ms +Electric voltage values at 64 grid points (2mm +spacing) in cortex +0.03 +0.02 +0.01 +-001 +02 +-003 +Grains of sand on a speaker organize +into patterns when you play musical +notes. +Sand = spiking of individual neurons +Sound waves = electric brain waves +``` + +## frame_00172.jpg + +``` +PowerPoint Slide Show - Miller MIT Levin Computational Meeting 5, 2026 - PowerPoint +Brain Waves Are Ideal For Control and Organization +Wave functions are simple and efficient: +Rather than controlling individuals one by one, use a wave to guide +the entire group. +Waves are a natural way to produce complex organization. +A crowd doing "the wave" +MakeAGIF.com +A brain doing "the wave" +147 ms +Electric voltage values at 64 grid points (2mm +spacing) in cortex +0.03 +0.02 +0.01 +-001 +02 +-003 +Grains of sand on a speaker organize +into patterns when you play musical +notes. +Sand = spiking of individual neurons +Sound waves = electric brain waves +``` + +## frame_00174.jpg + +``` +PowerPoint Slide Show - Miller MIT Levin Computational Meeting 5, 2026 - PowerPoint +Brain Waves Are Ideal For Control and Organization +Wave functions are simple and efficient: +Rather than controlling individuals one by one, use a wave to guide +the entire group. +Waves are a natural way to produce complex organization. +A crowd doing "the wave" +MakeAGIF.com +A brain doing "the wave" +187 ms +Electric voltage values at 64 grid points (2mm +spacing) in cortex +0.03 +0.02 +0.01 +-001 +02 +-003 +Grains of sand on a speaker organize +into patterns when you play musical +notes. +Sand = spiking of individual neurons +Sound waves = electric brain waves +``` + +## frame_00175.jpg + +``` +PowerPoint Slide Show - Miller MIT Levin Computational Meeting 5, 2026 - PowerPoint +Brain Waves Are Ideal For Control and Organization +Wave functions are simple and efficient: +Rather than controlling individuals one by one, use a wave to guide +the entire group. +Waves are a natural way to produce complex organization. +A crowd doing "the wave" +MakeAGlF.com +A brain doing "the wave" +211 ms +Electric voltage values at 64 grid points (2mm +spacing) in cortex +0.03 +0.02 +0.01 +-0.01 +.0.02 +-003 +Grains of sand on a speaker organize +into patterns when you play musical +notes. +Sand = spiking of individual neurons +Sound waves = electric brain waves +``` + +## frame_00188.jpg + +``` +PowerPoint Slide Show - Miller MIT Levin Computational Meeting 5, 2026 - PowerPoint +Brain Waves Are Ideal For Control and Organization +Wave functions are simple and efficient: +Rather than controlling individuals one by one, use a wave to guide +the entire group. +Waves are a natural way to produce complex organization. +A crowd doing "the wave" +. MakeAGIF.com +A brain doing "the wave" +343ms +Electric voltage values at 64 grid points (2mm +spacing) in cortex +0133 +002 +001 +-001 +-002 +-003 +Grains of sand on a speaker organize +into patterns when you play musical +notes. +Sand = spiking of individual neurons +Sound waves = electric brain waves +``` + +## frame_00248.jpg + +``` +PowerPoint Slide Show - Miller MIT Levin Computational Meeting 5, 2026 - PowerPoint +Brain Waves Are Ideal For Control and Organization +Wave functions are simple and efficient: +Rather than controlling individuals one by one, use a wave to guide +the entire group. +Waves are a natural way to produce complex organization. +A crowd doing "the wave" +MakeAGIF com +A brain doing "the wave" +11 ms +0.03 +002 +001 +-001 +.002 +-003 +Electric voltage values at 64 grid points (2mm +spacing) in cortex +Grains of sand on a speaker organize +into patterns when you play musical +notes. +Sand = spiking of individual neurons +Sound waves = electric brain waves +``` + +## frame_00271.jpg + +``` +PowerPoint Slide Show - Miller MIT Levin Computational Meeting 5, 2026 - PowerPoint +Brain Waves Are Ideal For Control and Organization +Wave functions are simple and efficient: +Rather than controlling individuals one by one, use a wave to guide +the entire group. +Waves are a natural way to produce complex organization. +A crowd doing "the wave" +MakeAGIF.com +A brain doing "the wave" +143ms +0.03 +2 +4 +8 +2 +3 +4 +002 +0.01 +-001 +-002 +-0.03 +6 +7 +8 +Electric voltage values at 64 grid points (2mm +spacing) in cortex +Grains of sand on a speaker organize +into patterns when you play musical +notes. +Sand = spiking of individual neurons +Sound waves = electric brain waves +• Imagine the difficulty of organizing +this sand by grain by grain. +But organization is a natural +outcome of the influence of wave +patterns. This is basic physics that +evolution could exploit. +``` + +## frame_00272.jpg + +``` +PowerPoint Slide Show - Miller MIT Levin Computational Meeting 5, 2026 - PowerPoint +Brain Waves Are Ideal For Control and Organization +Wave functions are simple and efficient: +Rather than controlling individuals one by one, use a wave to guide +the entire group. +Waves are a natural way to produce complex organization. +A crowd doing "the wave" +MakeAGIF.com +A brain doing "the wave" +187 ms +2 +4 +7 +8 +0.03 +002 +001 +-001 +-003 +2 +3 +4 +6 +7 +8 +Electric voltage values at 64 grid points (2mm +spacing) in cortex +Grains of sand on a speaker organize +into patterns when you play musical +notes. +Sand = spiking of individual neurons +Sound waves = electric brain waves +• Imagine the difficulty of organizing +this sand by grain by grain. +But organization is a natural +outcome of the influence of wave +patterns. This is basic physics that +evolution could exploit. +``` + +## frame_00276.jpg + +``` +PowerPoint Slide Show - Miller MIT Levin Computational Meeting 5, 2026 - PowerPoint +Brain Waves Are Ideal For Control and Organization +Wave functions are simple and efficient: +Rather than controlling individuals one by one, use a wave to guide +the entire group. +Waves are a natural way to produce complex organization. +Grains of sand on a speaker organize +into patterns when you play musical +notes. +A crowd doing "the wave" +MakeAGIF.ccm +A brain doing "the wave" +339ms +2 +4 +7 +8 +2 +3 +4 +6 +0.03 +002 +0.01 +-0.01 +-003 +8 +Electric voltage values at 64 grid points (2mm +spacing) in cortex +Sand = spiking of individual neurons +Sound waves = electric brain waves +• Imagine the difficulty of organizing +this sand by grain by grain. +But organization is a natural +outcome of the influence of wave +patterns. This is basic physics that +evolution could exploit. +``` + +## frame_00277.jpg + +``` +PowerPoint Slide Show - Miller MIT Levin Computational Meeting 5, 2026 - PowerPoint +Brain Waves Are Ideal For Control and Organization +Wave functions are simple and efficient: +Rather than controlling individuals one by one, use a wave to guide +the entire group. +Waves are a natural way to produce complex organization. +Grains of sand on a speaker organize +into patterns when you play musical +notes. +A crowd doing "the wave" +MakeAGlF.com +A brain doing "the wave" +2 +6 +7 +8 +2 +3 +4 +6 +0.03 +002 +0.01 +-001 +02 +-003 +8 +Electric voltage values at 64 grid points (2mm +spacing) in cortex +Sand = spiking of individual neurons +Sound waves = electric brain waves +• Imagine the difficulty of organizing +this sand by grain by grain. +But organization is a natural +outcome of the influence of wave +patterns. This is basic physics that +evolution could exploit. +``` + +## frame_00283.jpg + +``` +PowerPoint Slide Show - Miller MIT Levin Computational Meeting 5, 2026 - PowerPoint +Brain Waves Are Ideal For Control and Organization +Wave functions are simple and efficient: +Rather than controlling individuals one by one, use a wave to guide +the entire group. +Waves are a natural way to produce complex organization. +A crowd doing "the wave" +MakeAGIF.com +A brain doing "the wave" +2 +3 +6 +7 +8 +4 +0.03 +002 +0.01 +-001 +02 +-o .03 +6 +7 +Electric voltage values at 64 grid points (2mm +spacing) in cortex +Grains of sand on a speaker organize +into patterns when you play musical +notes. +00b +Sand = spiking of individual neurons +Sound waves = electric brain waves +• Imagine the difficulty of organizing +this sand by grain by grain. +But organization is a natural +outcome of the influence of wave +patterns. This is basic physics that +evolution could exploit. +``` + +## frame_00318.jpg + +``` +PowerPoint Slide Show - Miller MIT Levin Computational Meeting 5, 2026 - PowerPoint +Neuron spiking: +Subspace +coding +A measure of +the shared +variance of +spiking. +Spiking patterns +rotate to recover +from a distraction +(time = O) +Organization and Computation by Traveling Waves +jPCA-t +Tamal Batabyal +Batabyal et al (2025) State-space trajectories and traveling waves following distraction. Journal of Cognitive +Neuroscience. +16 +``` + +## frame_00319.jpg + +``` +PowerPoint Slide Show - Miller MIT Levin Computational Meeting 5, 2026 - PowerPoint +Neuron spiking: +Subspace +coding +A measure of +the shared +variance of +spiking. +Spiking patterns +rotate to recover +from a distraction +(time = O) +Organization and Computation by Traveling Waves +Subspace coding shows that spiking from hundreds of +cortical neurons can be explained using only three +dimensions! +• +• +jPCA-1 +iPCA.2 +Cortical spiking is highly +coordinated, like a +murmuration of birds. +How does the brain +produce this kind of +flexible organization? +Batabyal et al (2025) State-space trajectories and traveling waves following distraction. Journal of Cognitive +Neuroscience. +Tamal Batabyal +16 +``` + +## frame_00320.jpg + +``` +PowerPoint Slide Show - Miller MIT Levin Computational Meeting 5, 2026 - PowerPoint +Neuron spiking: +Subspace +coding +A measure of +the shared +variance of +spiking. +Spiking patterns +rotate to recover +from a distraction +(time = O) +Traveling waves: +363ms +Organization and Computation by Traveling Waves +Subspace coding shows that spiking from hundreds of +cortical neurons can be explained using only three +dimensions! +Tamal Batabyal +• +• +jPCA.1 +0.01 +.0.01 +002 +.0.03 +iPCA.2 +Cortical spiking is highly +coordinated, like a +murmuration of birds. +How does the brain +produce this kind of +flexible organization? +2 +3 +4 +5 +6 +8 +A traveling wave rotating across the cortical surface +We found a direct correspondence between subspace coding of spiking and +traveling waves of electrical fields in cortex. +Batabyal et al (2025) State-space trajectories and traveling waves following distraction. Journal of Cognitive +Neuroscience. +16 +``` + +## frame_00321.jpg + +``` +PowerPoint Slide Show - Miller MIT Levin Computational Meeting 5, 2026 - PowerPoint +Waves Can Perform Analog Computation +Waves can do math: +Addition and subtraction +Sum at x=L: 2 00 +wave 1 +'Wave 2 +sum (yl + y2) +-10.0 +-7.5 +-5.0 +-2.5 +0.0 +2.5 +Space (x) +5.0 +10.0 +``` + +## frame_00322.jpg + +``` +PowerPoint Slide Show - Miller MIT Levin Computational Meeting 5, 2026 - PowerPoint +Waves Can Perform Analog Computation +Waves can do math: +Addition and subtraction +Sum at x=n. 1 85 +wave 1 +Wave 2 +sum (yl + y2) +—10.0 +-5.0 +0.0 +2.5 +Space (x) +5.0 +10.0 +How the waves interact models the equation. +Here, two sine waves are set up to add and subtract. +All the values are carried in different parts of the wave. +When the waves interact, the entire equation is solved in +parallel. In contrast to digital computation, which is +inherently sequential. +And this is just one dimension and one frequency! +Complex math using analog computation +Vannevar Bush (MIT) +Analog differential analyzer (1927) that used wheels and +disks to solve 18-variable differential equations. +Set the wheels and disks to model the equation. +Turn the crank to solve it. +``` + +## frame_00323.jpg + +``` +PowerPoint Slide Show - Miller MIT Levin Computational Meeting 5, 2026 - PowerPoint +Analog Computation Is Vastly More Efficient Than Digital +Two traveling waves: +Addition and vbtraction +wave 1 +sum + y2) +2.00 +Sum at x= +—10.0 +0.0 +2.5 +Space (x) +5.0 +7.5 +10.0 +``` + +## frame_00324.jpg + +``` +PowerPoint Slide Show - Miller MIT Levin Computational Meeting 5, 2026 - PowerPoint +Analog Computation Is Vastly More Efficient Than Digital +-1 +-2 +Two traveling waves: +Addition and *lbtraction +2.00 +Sum at x— +2 +0 +—10.0 +wave 1 +xWave 2 +— sum (YI + y2) +-7.5 +0.0 +2.5 +Space (x) +5.0 +7.5 +10.0 +• Information-rich: +Waves are continuous signals (like the real world) that encode a range +of values, not just Is and Os. +Parallel Computation: +When waves interact, all variables in an equation compute +simultaneously. +(Digital computation is sequential.) +By contrast, AI consumes enormous energy. +In Virginia, data centres already make up more than one-quarter +of electricity use; that proportion will rise by 2030. +80 +60 • +40 +26% of total use +20 +o +2023 +29-46% +2030 +enattre +ENERGY +Microsoft struck a +deal to restart a +nuclear reactor at +Three Mile Island +``` + +## frame_00325.jpg + +``` +PowerPoint Slide Show - Miller MIT Levin Computational Meeting 5, 2026 - PowerPoint +Analog Computation Is Vastly More Efficient Than Digital +-1 +-2 +20 +2 +Two traveling waves: +Addition and Qlbtraction +2.00 +Sum at x— +0 +—10.0 +Wave 2 +— sum + y2) +-7.5 +0.0 +2.5 +Space (x) +5.0 +7.5 +10.0 +Information-rich: +Waves are continuous signals (like the real world) that encode a range +of values, not just Is and Os. +Parallel Computation: +When waves interact, all variables in an equation compute +simultaneously. +(Digital computation is sequential.) +By contrast, AI consumes enormous energy. +In Virginia, data centres already make up more than one-quarter +of electricity use; that proportion will rise by 2030. +100 +That is not how biology works! +Evolution favors energy +efficiency. +Your far more capable brain +runs on just 20W of power. +The power of a dim lightbulb. +80 +60 +40 +26% of total use +o +2023 +29-46% +2030 +enature +ENERGY +Microsoft struck a +deal to restart a +nuclear reactor at +Three Mile Island +``` + +## frame_00326.jpg + +``` +PowerPoint Slide Show - Miller MIT Levin Computational Meeting 5, 2026 - PowerPoint +Conclusions: Waves Organize and Produce Thought +``` + +## frame_00327.jpg + +``` +PowerPoint Slide Show - Miller MIT Levin Computational Meeting 5, 2026 - PowerPoint +Conclusions: Waves Organize and Produce Thought +Brains can use Al-like connectionism to store information. +But computation can be done by waves. +They operate on the right scale (of "crowds"). +They are a mathematically easy way to gain control over a complex +system. +They can perform highly efficient analog computation. +Global +workspace +Local +processors +Ignition +Local +processors +(mobilized) +Cognition and consciousness is analog +• Analog computation lets existing wave patterns generate new +ones in a predictable, principled way. +• Consciousness requires the unification of cortex to create the +unified conscious experience. +• When brain-wave patterns produced by analog computations +become large and organized, they bind the cortex into a +unified state. +Sand organized by sound waves +``` diff --git a/conductor/tracks/video_analysis_neural_dynamics_miller_20260621/artifacts/phase2.log b/conductor/tracks/video_analysis_neural_dynamics_miller_20260621/artifacts/phase2.log new file mode 100644 index 00000000..371e3918 --- /dev/null +++ b/conductor/tracks/video_analysis_neural_dynamics_miller_20260621/artifacts/phase2.log @@ -0,0 +1,2 @@ +Phase 2 Keyframes for C:\projects\manual_slop\conductor\tracks\video_analysis_neural_dynamics_miller_20260621\artifacts\video.mp4 + OK: kept 65 frames diff --git a/conductor/tracks/video_analysis_neural_dynamics_miller_20260621/artifacts/phase3.log b/conductor/tracks/video_analysis_neural_dynamics_miller_20260621/artifacts/phase3.log new file mode 100644 index 00000000..d479bc00 --- /dev/null +++ b/conductor/tracks/video_analysis_neural_dynamics_miller_20260621/artifacts/phase3.log @@ -0,0 +1,2 @@ +Phase 3 OCR for C:\projects\manual_slop\conductor\tracks\video_analysis_neural_dynamics_miller_20260621\artifacts\frames (winsdk) + OK: OCR'd 65 frames in 4.3s