Hey Multiverse Crew,
Everything is changing! Again! It's almost the end of Hot Singularity Summer, and it's time to re-architect the schedule to suit our current student body. We're about to redo the main floor of Gather Town, likely this week.
Listen I know that you feel like everyone is aware of AI but they really aren't. You really are still ahead of the curve. We now have a Student Agreement spelled out very simply and clearly. Here's the Code of Conduct, outside of the curriculum so y'all have it.
This week we'll be working on Research Projects and recording the episode of Complex Systems Dynamics about agent-based simulations. Minecraft is an ideal playground for people building agents using a framework most of us know well. Those of us that attended Intro to Agents- you're invited to hang out with us as we try to get to an emergent agent simulation. Hop on if you see us in the Mindcraft room for supplemental hands-on labs.
I'll probably do some Mindcraft streams of what we have done so far and figure out how to get my bot hooked up to twitch chat so people can collaborate with the bots. Also, we're going to live community chat with Andy Didirosi on August 9th, at 2pm Pacific, 5 Eastern, and brainstorm some cool stuff to do with the rover. Maybe... we should let the bots out of Minecraft? Let me know what you think, on the stream! We're putting as many minds together as we can to come up with something cool. Bring your brain 🧠 and help ideate 🤔💭.
There's a new student profile where you can change all the details about yourself, and this should help us create a student directory. You can also opt-in to student directory listing.
Are you interested in mentoring? Add your meeting link to the profile page, and mention what you can mentor in. Read the [[Mentorship Rules and Guidelines]] or the [[Being Mentored Rules and Guidelines]] to participate, make sure you're active in either the Traveler Program, a class, or in the monthly membership. Listen- Mentorship Is Complicated. We're doing Non-Hierarchy here. The Rules Are Different In Order To Permit Non-Hierarchy To Persist. Rather than having an explicit assignment, the goal of the above protocol is to permit you complete autonomy and protect you when there may be a power differential, and help you to set reasonable boundaries yourself when you may have been conditioned not to.
I plan to implement a directory that is internal to the multiverse school and one that is public, you can indicate whether you desire either to be available.
Are you in I/O Psychology or Psychometrics? Please attend my class for free.
As of the next Session, we'll start doing Demo Days at the end of each week on Thursdays at 10am Pacific. Bring your progress to show everyone!
