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Is Decentralized AI Governable? Is Decentralized AI Governable?
Is Decentralized AI Governable?

Is Decentralized AI Governable? A Paradigm Shift from Policy to Protocol

Decentralized AI
AI & Ethics Journal
Trustless AutonomyTrustless Autonomy
Trustless Autonomy

Trustless Autonomy: Understanding Motivations, Benefits, and Governance Dilemmas in Self-Sovereign Decentralized AI Agents

Decentralized AI
CSCW 2026
Spore in the WildSpore in the Wild
Spore in the Wild

Spore in the Wild: A Case Study of Spore.fun as an Open-Environment Evolution Experiment with Sovereign AI Agents on TEE-Secured Blockchains

Decentralized AIArtificial Life
ALIFE 2025
Trust Experience DesignTrust Experience Design
Trust Experience Design

From UX to TX: Trust Experience Design for Distributed Autonomous Intelligence in the Wild

Trust Experience Design
DRS 2026CHI 2026
Protocol FuturingProtocol Futuring
Protocol Futuring

Protocol Futuring: Speculating Second-Order Dynamics of Protocols in Sociotechnical Infrastructural Futures

Protocol StudiesSpeculative Design
CHI 2026
Understanding Protocol DesignUnderstanding Protocol Design
Understanding Protocol Design

Understanding Protocols Design for Digital Commons: Objectives, Challenges, Lifecycles, and Strategies

Protocol Studies
CSCW 2027
Protocol as PoetryProtocol as Poetry
Protocol as Poetry

Protocol as Poetry: A Case Study on Pak's Protocol Art

Protocol Studies
ARTECH 2025
Autonomous RealitiesAutonomous Realities
Autonomous Realities

Autonomous Realities: A Journey into Protocolizing Digital Object Permanence in a Future of Many Mixed Realities

Protocol StudiesAutonomous Objects
Aarhus 2025
Unstoppable NatureUnstoppable Nature
Unstoppable Nature

Speculating on Blockchain as an Unstoppable 'Nature' Towards the Emergence of Artificial Life

Artificial LifeDecentralized AI
ALIFE 2024
Designing RealverseDesigning Realverse
Designing Realverse

Designing Realverse: Protocolizing Mixed Reality

DRS 2026