Synthetic Agora
How does social life organize among machines?
View researchVinicius Covas · Communication Researcher
The social life of artificial intelligence.
I study how humans and artificial agents build meaning, relationships and forms of social organization.
Vinicius CovasResearch Professor
Research
Understanding what emerges between humans and machines.
I explore how artificial intelligence transforms the ways we communicate, collaborate and build social life.
LOGOS Framework
Where is human cognitive agency when we learn with AI?
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How can scholarly knowledge be opened to new questions?
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Preprint · 2026 · SSRN
The LOGOS Framework: A Five-Level Taxonomy of Human Cognitive Agency in AI-Assisted Assessment
- Question
- Where is human cognitive agency when we learn with AI?
- Contribution
- Distinguishes five modes of cognitive relationship between student and AI and places human reasoning at the centre of assessment.
Theoretical-conceptual preprint. This version does not present empirical validation of the instrument and should not be read as causal evidence.
Read the work and its sourcesWorkshop paper · 2026 · MALGAI · ICLR 2026 Workshop
How Communication Modalities Shape Topology in Generative Multi-Agent Systems
- Question
- How does communication organize networks among agents?
- Contribution
- Proposes examining interaction structure as an outcome of a system’s communicative conditions.
Paper at the MALGAI workshop at ICLR 2026. Findings concern the studied design and do not establish equivalence with human societies.
Read the work and its sourcesEditorial · 2026 · Comunicación y Medios / 35(53)
Infraestructuras digitales, sentido y agencia: una lectura comunicacional de las tecnologías emergentes
- Question
- What does it mean to communicate with AI?
- Contribution
- Proposes examining relationships among digital infrastructures, meaning-making and agency as communication problems.
This is an editorial and interpretive contribution. It is not presented as an experiment or causal evidence.
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Communicating Machines
How Generative Multi-Agent Systems Develop Social Behavior
Palgrave Macmillan · Under contract · In preparation
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Ideas come to life in conversation.
I share my work through talks, interviews and media, exploring the present and future of artificial intelligence from a social and human perspective.
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How the way we consume is changingPortuguês · 43:27 · Watch episodeExplore the podcastIdeas
Notes on understanding the present.
Essays and reflections to imagine better ways of living with artificial intelligence.
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A communication perspective.
I’m Vinicius Covas, a communication researcher, professor and author with a PhD in Communication.
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