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Johannes Jaeger explains why we should care that brains and AI are not the same

From single cells to whole organisms, living beings must continuously regenerate themselves and judge what’s important to continue living. Artificial intelligence does not and cannot.

By Paul Middlebrooks
1 July 2026 | 1 min read

In this “Brain Inspired” episode, Paul Middlebrooks is joined by Johannes Jaeger, associate faculty at the Complexity Science Hub in Vienna. Jaeger argues why neuroscience should ground concepts such as agency, intelligence and consciousness in principles fundamental to life, not as detached algorithms and computations.

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