Report by Ryota Takatsuki and Hiroshi Yamakawa.
On 3 March 2025, during AAAI-25 in Philadelphia, we held the 1st Workshop on Post-Singularity Symbiosis (PSS 2025). Its theme was how to build the world after the singularity in the form of symbiosis between humans and superintelligence. We held it to share this vision with researchers and practitioners from around the world and to explore new forms of cooperation. The workshop accepted 12 papers, eight of which were presented orally, and featured four invited speakers and a panel discussion. See the workshop page for the program, and Part 1 for AI alignment research at the main conference.
- Introduction. Hiroshi Yamakawa (Director, ALIGN), who initiated the workshop, outlined post-singularity symbiosis and his NAIA (Necessary Alliance for Intelligence Advancement) vision, which calls for an international cooperation network and a phase-gate system.
- Invited talks. Koichi Takahashi (RIKEN / AI Alignment Network) sorted the scenarios leading to an intelligence explosion into four types and discussed six constraints on gaining a decisive strategic advantage. Roman Yampolskiy (University of Louisville) argued that superintelligence is unexplainable, unpredictable and uncontrollable, a critical view of whether symbiosis is possible at all. Mark S. Miller (Agoric / Foresight Institute) proposed decentralized systems as an alternative to centralized control. Evan Miyazono (Atlas Computing) presented a vision of human/AI co-governance.
- Papers. The accepted papers were sorted into the three research areas of post-singularity symbiosis: superintelligence analysis (3), superintelligence guidance (7) and human enhancement (2). As the field is new, most raised problems or proposed frameworks. The Best Paper Award went to Taichiro Endo and the Best Presentation Award to Yosuke Miyanishi (for a paper with Keita Mitani).
- Panel discussion, “Realizing Coexistence with Superintelligence: Actions We Must Take Now,” with the four invited speakers, moderated by Hiroshi Yamakawa and our research fellow Masayuki Nagai. Topics included the post-singularity symbiosis we want, human enhancement and changes in identity, the name “post-singularity symbiosis,” the risks of agent chain reactions, self-evolving values, the roles of academia, citizens and NGOs in governance, and the future of the workshop.
- Outlook. The workshop was a place where pessimistic and optimistic views met. We intend to strengthen collaboration and information sharing with experts around the world, and we are considering further PSS workshops.
The report was prepared with the support of the Matsuo-Iwasawa Laboratory at the University of Tokyo.