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Collective Predictive Coding and the Era of New Intelligence
A session report from JSAI 2026 on how collective intelligence, democracy, and science are challenged in the age of AI, organized by our Symbiotic Alignment team.
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Simply Scaling AI Agents Doesn't Create a Society
At a closed SVJP session in Kyoto, a single sentence stopped the room — and opened an hour of questions about why Artificial Life matters more than ever.
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Symbiotic Alignment via Collective Predictive Coding: A Theoretical Framework for Co-Creative Human-AI Ecosystems
We propose Symbiotic Alignment, where AI alignment emerges from human-AI interaction rather than top-down control, grounded in Collective Predictive Coding.
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The Artificial Life Institute's Opening Day in Kyoto
40 visionaries gathered in search of an alternative path: AI inspired by life itself.
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Kenneth Stanley and Joel Lehman Japan Talk Event
Authors of 'Why Greatness Cannot Be Planned' discuss AI and the future of humanity with Madoka Sawa.
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Kyoto University AI Education Research Center Inaugural Symposium
Audrey Tang and experts discuss post-generative AI society at Kyoto University.
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WIRED Futures Conference 2025: AI Organic Alignment
Ken Suzuki and Mizuki Oka discuss AI for pluralistic society at WIRED's AI and quantum computing conference.
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