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Antikythera announced Agentworld on 2026-06-26 (author @bratton) to study agentic…

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Agentworld, a new research unit launched at Antikythera by @bratton on 2026-06-26, will investigate agentic AI and hybrid agency from first principles across themes such as Centaur demographic crossover, agency paradigms, parasocial dynamics, open-world agent lifeworlds, real-to-sim-to-real relays, and agent institutions. Antikythera is soliciting submissions for a special Antikythera Journal (MIT Press) issue; CFP at agentworld.antikythera.org.

Why it matters

Antikythera announced Agentworld on 2026-06-26 (author @bratton) to study agentic AI and hybrid agency from first principles, launching research strands including “Demographic Crossover Point within Centaur Societies,” “Paradigms of Agency: Individuation and Decomposition,” and “The Mirror Talks Back: Parasocial Shadows.”

Key details

  • Agentworld’s agenda also enumerates topics such as “Open World Ecologies: Agent Lifeworlds,” “Real-to-Sim-to-Real Relays,” “Human-Agent Interaction Design,” “Agent Institutions,” “Agent Phenomenology and Theory of Minds,” “Xenosociality: Beyond Humanity-of-the-Gaps,” and “AHI (Artificial Hybrid Intelligence).”
  • Antikythera is accepting submissions for a special issue of the peer-reviewed Antikythera Journal (MIT Press); the Call for Papers/Whitepaper can be downloaded at agentworld.antikythera.org.
Source evidence

At Antikythera we are launching a new research unit, Agentworld, that will explore agentic AI and hybrid agency from first principles:
--The Demographic Crossover Point within Centaur Societies
--Paradigms of Agency: Individuation and Decomposition
--The Mirror Talks Back: Parasocial Shadows
-- Open World Ecologies: Agent Lifeworlds
--Real-to-Sim-to-Real Relays
--Human-Agent Interaction Design
--Agent Institutions
--Agent Phenomenology and Theory of Minds
--Xenosociality: Beyond Humanity-of-the-Gaps
-- AHI (Artificial Hybrid Intelligence)

We are accepting submissions for new research to be published in a special issue of the peer-reviewed Antikythera Journal (MIT Press)

The Call for Papers/ Whitepaper may be downloaded at agentworld.antikythera.org

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