Notes for Symposium Closing Remarks

AI

1. Robert's personality test shows a tech-positive, optimistic stance generally
2. Surprised to hear so much about sentience
3. AI use in a large number of talks, unapologetic and creative

Worlds

1. Small worlds -- stigmergy workshop, Dan's mazes
2. Real worlds -- Leal/Clearwater, Polina Kolozaridi, Atwater
3. Imaginary humboldting --a kind of factual fiction/"faction" (Clifford Geertz thick description + AI?)
4. Pure world-building
5. Cosmolocalism

Behavior

1. Safety habits
2. Memory habits

Engineering

1. Robots!
2. Blyg protocol
3. Formal modeling

Art and Culture

1. Monstrous Times: Congrats to Sachin and Spencer
2. Protocol Art is happening
3. Generated interactive worlds