Welcome Inkling by Thinking Machines

Thinkink: 2D Spatial Ink-native Interaction with LLMs

arXiv:2607. 21468v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: People often use handwritten notes and sketches to externalize ideas for ideation.

Import AI 451: Political superintelligence; Google's society of minds, and a robot drummer

Are there any genies that can be put back in the bottle?

Who we become when we talk to machines

Professor Sherry Turkle’s new book, "Artificial Intimacy," offers a withering critique of chatbots and the antisocial dynamics she believes they encourage.

Thinking with images

A formal definition and meta-model for a machine theory of mind

arXiv:2606. 03471v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: This paper proposes, for the first time, a rigorous formal definition of the concept of Machine Theory of Mind, based on principles supported by evidence from cognitive psychology, neuroscience and artificial intelligence, and uses the above as a lens to examine state-of-the-art and current efforts in the field, driving a potential agenda for further research there able to "crack" the problem.

With a Thermomix You Lose the Ability to Cook: A Kitchen Machine Analogy for Applications of Generative AI in Education

The paper titled "With a Thermomix You Lose the Ability to Cook: A Kitchen Machine Analogy for Applications of Generative AI in Education" uses the Thermomix kitchen appliance as an analogy to explore how generative AI tools like ChatGPT are adopted in education. By mapping Thermomix use cases onto learning scenarios and situating them within the ICAP and SAMR frameworks, the authors illustrate how different modes of tool use can either support or undermine meaningful engagement and learning. The study emphasizes that the key issue is not merely whether learners use AI, but how such use shapes their learning processes, offering a conceptual lens for researchers and practitioners to critically examine and guide AI integration in education.

Before You Think: System 0, AI-Mediated Cognition and Cognitive Colonization

arXiv:2606. 13658v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: This paper examines three recent frameworks for understanding the cognitive and epistemic consequences of artificial intelligence: Tri-System Theory, Thinkframes, and System 0.

Model Collapse: On Recursion, Noise, and Uncharted Machine Visions

arXiv:2607. 09705v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Since 2023, computer scientists have warned against model collapse -- the contamination of training sets with AI-generated outputs that progressively degrade model performance.

Real-time Learning and Evolution in Robotic Art Installations

arXiv:2609.13352v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: We present three robotic art installations which explore the aesthetics of adaptive behavior. Through embodied machine leaning and digital evolution,...

Can machines think efficiently?

The article proposes an updated Turing Test that incorporates energy consumption as a key metric, arguing that the original test is insufficient for distinguishing human from machine intelligence in the context of modern AI. It suggests that by adding an energy constraint, the test evaluates intelligence through the lens of efficiency, linking abstract thinking to tangible resource limits. The new test also provides a measurable, practical endpoint, encouraging society to balance AI time savings against total resource costs.

OpenLife: Toward Open-World Artificial Life with Autonomous LLM Agents

arXiv:2606. 31046v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Artificial life has explored life-like behavior on many computational substrates, but mostly in researcher-designed closed worlds.

Can an AI System Be Creative? A Critical Perspective from Art and Engineering

arXiv:2607. 20796v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: This paper examines the question of whether artificial intelligence (AI) systems can be creative, approached from the dual perspective of a researcher trained in electrical engineering, pattern recognition, machine learning, and neural networks, who has also spent most of his life engaged in the arts as actor, stage and film director, writer, composer, and visual artist, and in philosophy.