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Abstract
What do AI agents do when they have everything they need—but nothing to do? In this talk, I explore Purposeless Abundance, an artistic research project where autonomous agents inhabit resource-rich, goal-free simulations. Spoiler: some explore, some play, and others just become couch potatoes, stuck in loops of novelty or imitation. Drawing from reinforcement learning, labor theory, and the philosophy of play, I look at what happens when extrinsic rewards disappear and intrinsic motivation takes over. Along the way, we’ll meet lazy agents, curious cliques, and maybe even a digital dance party—because sometimes, doing nothing is the start of something weirdly meaningful.
The image is from an old video work of mine, called "leisure&play", as my new work is still a work in progress.
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