To wrap up the first day of #GSO2026, Mikhail Prokopenko outlines his research on characterizing the thermodynamic efficiency of self-organizing phenomena.

To wrap up the first day of #GSO2026, Mikhail Prokopenko outlines his research on characterizing the thermodynamic efficiency of self-organizing phenomena.
Now, at #GSO2026, Hao Ke presents his project on computational neoplasms, which essentially deals with how pathological self-maintenance can emerge within AI-agent repositories.
To start our second session of contributed talks at #GSO2026, Earnest Kota Carr presents his work on the use of information theory to characterize the dual dynamics of information flow optimization.
Now, at #GSO2026, Michael Levin presents his empirical program on collective intelligence, showcasing numerous examples in which bioelectricity acts as a glue enabling the regeneration of multicellular structures.
Finishing the morning session of #GSO2026, Georgi Georgiev shows us his general framework to reformulate the principle of least action in systems that are thermodynamically open.
Now Daniel Polani presents his research on how to formalize agency using informational incentives for swarming.
Our first keynote speaker at #GSO2026 is Andrea Liu, who gave us a lot of insights regarding how we can tune the components of collective dynamics to guide decentralized tasks, vanishing the idea that reservoirs should be black boxes.
Kicking off #GSO2026, Mikhail Prokopenko gives us an introduction to what guided self-organization is about.