Would you kick a (robot) dog? @bdacre.bsky.social on the dark design patterns used AI systems and robots
Call for papers for 'Artificial Life for Science and Engineering' at ALife 26.
We seek work applying ALife concepts and tools to model real-world systems and engineer solutions — and assist scientific discovery through open-ended and curiosity-driven search.
Call info: alifeforscience.github.io
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Congratulations to our own Dr. Bessone @nbes.bsky.social for his successful PhD defence @itu.dk ✨🧑🏻🎓
Jobs! The Autotelic Interaction Research Group is looking for (1) creative practitioners and (2) theory researchers to work on "Autotelic Creative Artificial Intelligence" (ACAI):
(1) PhD in Creative Practices (2+2 years): lnkd.in/dPBG47rM
(2) Postdoctoral Researcher (2 years): lnkd.in/dMisM_bf
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Quiz time ✨ 👾
We are thrilled to be returning to GECCO for a second edition of the Evolving Self-Organisation Workshop.
We are now accepting paper submissions, so come join us!
Check out our website for more info and upcoming announcements evolving-self-organisation-workshop.github.io/gecco-2026/
Projects time 👨💻👩💻🧑💻
What a week—projects, tutorials, discussion groups, art demo & even a complexity-alife quiz! Thank you to all the attendees who brought a fantastic energy to this year's ALICE workshop.
We can't wait to see you again next year, this time in Norway 🇳🇴
Thank you to @aicentre.dk and @itu.dk !
WE ARE BACK! 🚀🚀🚀
📢 #databeers #copenhagen x Absalon is back on March 10th, SAVE THE DATE!
Many thanks to our sponsors, the Danish Data Science Academy and the Danmarks Tekniske Universitet
Speaker announcement and tickets out soon, stay tuned!
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Elias Najarro
Our paper with @eplantec.bsky.social was accepted at @alifeconf.bsky.social
How does criticality move from agents to populations?
We study how near-critical dynamics inside individual agents shape collective dynamics at the population scale.
arxiv.org/pdf/2605.01818
