Time to take this long trip... Cross Labs happens to be hiring currently in Kyoto—more news to come~ theregister.com/2025/06/16/jap…

The 2025 Artificial Life Conference is happening in Kyoto later this year! The theme is "Ciphers of Life", showcasing an incredible roster of keynote speakers in a hybrid, remote + in-person setup. Join us: 2025.alife.org #alife #artificiallife #alife2025

We live in a time of information abundance. It has become as plentiful—and as carefully engineered to exploit our every weakness—as modern processed food. Continute reading on my latest blog here: olafwitkowski.com/2025/07/04/the…

I had a wonderful time chatting with Tom Barbalet on his podcast Last Monkey Standing! Have a watch here: youtube.com/watch?v=4pDaHx…

Delightful evening spent at Women in Tech® Global Asia Pacific 2025 Awards Gala with some of my team members from Cross Labs! I had meaningful conversations with new people I met and the historic Heian Jingu Shrine Garden in Kyoto is captivating. Congratulations to everyone!

Here goes my first proper Substack post, in which I’m happy to share why I decided to start one—and how my reasons might differ from other scientists posting online. olafwitkowski.substack.com/p/a-space-to-r… #science #intelligence #alife #artificiallife #ai #Reflection #Substack

I had a great time continuing the conversation with Joyce Blommaert of nexxworks! We talked about Human-Centered AI, among other things. #ai #ArtificialIntelligence #alife #artificiallife youtube.com/watch?v=QF3ILa…

I had a great time at last week’s panel at the GlobalStartupExpo! You can watch the discussion here. Thank you to Victor Mulas, CIC （ケンブリッジ・イノベーション・センター） CIC (Cambridge Innovation Center) GlobalStartupExpo @ the Osaka Expo US Pavilion for the invitation, and to my fellow speakers! youtube.com/live/7PBS4pi8i…

There is only one week left to submit your digital creatures to the Virtual Creatures Competition at ALIFE 2025! sites.google.com/view/vcc-2025/… The winner will receive a $250 prize!

My presentation for Michael Levin's Platonic Space Symposium is up on Youtube! I enjoyed presenting “Substrate-dependent mathematics hypothesis” with their community. Big thank you to Mike for having me at his symposium! Watch it here: youtube.com/watch?v=tKRaco…

I’ll be delivering a talk on the state of AI compassion at this year’s AI+Compassion Global Forum 2025 at the Osaka Expo. Hope to see you there! Thursday, October 2, 2025 Osaka Expo, US Pavilion 11am compassionai.io

New preprint: Olaf Witkowski , Thomas Doctor, Paul Colognese, Yuko Ishihara osf.io/preprints/psya… "Selves as Perspectives: From Biological Life to Superintelligence and a Bodhisattva Project"

#ALIFE2025 was kicked off!

Now the #ALIFE2025 keynote panel on the field's unsolved problems ALIFE Conference 2025

Well done to all of the participants of the first ALIFE Conference 2025 hackathon at #ALIFE2025! So many cool ALife projects developed in just 2 days time! 👾

The new ALife Institute in Kyoto has some of the best aesthetics I've ever seen in an office 🎍

What a week! What a community! Long live ALIFE Conference 2025 👾

The ALIFE Conference 2025 had just wrapped up and I couldn’t be more grateful and happier! Thank you to everyone for making it special and a huge success! #alife2025 #artificiallife #kyoto #ciphersoflife #crosslabs

“The State of AI: Why Compassion Can’t Wait” This is the title of my keynote at the recently concluded “AI + Compassion 24-hour Global Forum 2025”, on October 2 at the @osakaexpo US Pavilion. Thank you to AI Compassion Global Forum for inviting me! #ai #compassion

Something’s brewing. Excited to share more about this soon. #alife #artificiallife #EthicalAI