"GA4GH VRS for the Semantic Web" https://doi.org/10.37044/osf.io/qy4td_v1

"We implemented an RDF Schema in ShEx, using OWL ontologies in the OBO Foundry such asthe NCI Thesaurus (NCIT), the Semanticscience Integrated Ontology (SIO), and the Genome Variation Ontology (GVO). We based our modelling on the VRS Schema expressed in YAML accessed during the BioHackathon 2024 week, i.e., 25-31 August and in the design principles currently used to update the GA4GH Phenopackets standard in RDF (Kaliyaperumal et al.,2022)" https://index.biohackrxiv.org/2026/04/13/qy4td.html

#phenopacket #rdf #ontology #bioinformatics #BH24JP

Once you get deep into the world of logic and computer science, you wonder how existence works. When does something in a simulator program really *exist*?

#ontology #philosophy #computerScience

A Quick Look at 'The Mind’s Eye'

Intro
"Behind your eyes, there is a feeling of a solid, continuous 'you'—the pilot steering the ship. But what if that feeling is actually a beautiful, complex illusion? In this quick 8-minute exploration of the classic text The Mind’s Eye by Douglas Hofstadter and Daniel Dennett

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https://youtu.be/dK4BaYy_yps

#self
#consciousness
#ThoughtExperiments
#philosophy
#ontology
#neurology
#brain
#reductionism
#Hofstadter
#Dennett

It's a new model of intelligence. #ontology

 > Will the matryoshka model make me cry unlike an onion?
🤖 > The phrase "unlike an onion" is likely a reference to the common saying that "onions make you cry," but the provided text does not make this comparison or suggest the model functions like an onion. Instead, it posits that emotions (which might cause tears in a biological context) are essential features of adaptive systems that guide decision-making and conserve energy.

#lispyGopherClimate #ARCHIVED https://toobnix.org/w/jxqLVhztVoXbUzuukGg77P as every week

#climateCrisis : The LLMs are well-studied to be doing up to three orders magnitude more power use per token you see viz tokens internally consumed (common 'not-that-bad' metrics are 1000x too low). #AI

The new Ontolog summit 2026 Foundation weekly track is incredible. Every single student must watch Ken's 15 minute what-are-foundations seminar. https://ontologforum.com/index.php/OntologySummit2026

My own #commonLisp #ontology #lambdaMOO #logic

This isn’t my first post discussing why not all political disagreement is rational, and your interlocutors may not be ignorant, stupid, or arguing in bad faith.

https://open.substack.com/pub/brywillis634737/p/why-they-arent-idiots-and-neither?r=pvxh5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

#philosophy #politics #policy #intelligence #ontology #ignorance #blog #substack