A fictional world haunted by AIs in all sorts of (mostly) friendly living forms, South Beast Asia is a collective protocol design fiction co-imagination of a few dozen researchers at the April 2025 Khlongs & Subaks workshop in Bangkok co-organized by Summer of Protocols, CMKL University, GCC, and Seapunk Studios.

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🏆 GHOSTS IN MACHINES SCIENCE FICTION STORY CONTEST Write and submit a story, perhaps inspired by the beaings of South Beast Asia. Deadline: 13 July 2025

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👻 GOOD GHOSTING SCI-FI WORKSHOP (JULY 12, CHIANG MAI) A ghost-designing-with-AI science-fiction workshop. Come, craft a ghost, and shape it into a story to share or submit.

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🏁 SOUTH BEAST ASIA — QUICK START GUIDE

https://youtu.be/k--NDktqjSY

THE WORLD OF SOUTH BEAST ASIA


Videos

Artifacts

Concept Imagery

AND MORE


Curator’s Introduction

Essay — A SEA of Distributed AI

About — The Making of South Beast Asia

Protocol Design Fiction Canvas


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