The Protocol Symposium 2026 officially launches with parallel workshops and 50+ talks exploring how AI and protocols are reshaping planetary conditions under the theme 'New Nature.' The event brings together researchers and practitioners to investigate the emerging technological landscape governed by novel rules at the intersection of artificial intelligence and protocol science.
The 2026 Protocol Symposium, the third edition of the flagship event for protocol studies, will be held online September 21-25 with the theme 'New Nature,' exploring the technological layer shaped by AI and protocols. Abstract submissions for talks and workshops are open until June 14, 2026, with registration to follow once the schedule is finalized.
Venkatesh Rao
Venkatesh Rao expands on his vision of AI and protocols working together to create stable ecologies of distributed, diverse AI systems, where protocols act as the fabric weaving individual AIs into coherent planetary infrastructure. He illustrates this framework with concrete examples including TITLES, a generative art platform that creates fine-tuned models from individual artist collections, demonstrating how personality emerges from the combination of AI capabilities and protocol-based coordination.
Venkatesh Rao
The Protocol Institute is launching PiBoWriMo 2026, a November book-writing initiative to accelerate the publication of protocol-themed books following four years of growing community engagement and research momentum. The program aims to transform the existing energy from the Summer of Protocols program and protocol fiction movement into a new wave of book-length works on protocol science and related topics.
Venkatesh Rao
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