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Dear Vinicius, this is wonderful I have indeed develop a research project idea for my speculative design and futures research on AI. Would you be open to more of a scenario/futures design and artistic research based approach ? I have several projects in mind
so will look at the platform !</div>
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<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, March 24, 2026 6:59:46 AM<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> [Air-L] [Collaboration] Open Research Platform for Multi-Agent LLM Deliberation</font>
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Dear colleagues and researchers,</div>
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I hope this finds you well.</div>
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As the study of LLMs shifts from individual interaction to emergent social behaviors, there is a growing need for controlled environments to study digital deliberation at scale.</div>
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I've developed Agora Synthetic (<a href="https://agorasynthetic.com/" originalsrc="https://agorasynthetic.com/">https://agorasynthetic.com/</a>)<span style="font-size:12pt"> — an open research platform that simulates public deliberation using multiple AI agents.
It allows researchers to design controlled experiments where LLM-powered agents with distinct personas engage in structured discussion on topics you define.</span></div>
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This is a non-commercial, academic-led initiative. My goal is to build a bridge between AI architecture and communication theory, specifically to explore:</div>
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<div role="presentation">Deliberative Democracy: How constraints (time, rounds) affect consensus quality.</div>
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<div role="presentation">Framing & Polarization: The impact of economic vs. public health framing on coalition formation.</div>
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<div role="presentation">Algorithmic Bias: Participation inequality in agents with gendered or marginalized personas.</div>
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<div role="presentation">Epistemic Resilience: Group self-correction mechanisms when exposed to misinformation.</div>
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The platform provides metrics for academic analysis, including:</div>
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<div role="presentation" style="direction:ltr">Gini coefficient (participation inequality).</div>
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<div role="presentation">Type-Token Ratio (lexical diversity).</div>
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<div role="presentation">Sentiment tracking & Network topology analysis.</div>
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<div role="presentation">Cohen’s d effect sizes for condition comparison.</div>
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<b>Invitation to Collaborate:</b></div>
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I am looking for fellow researchers interested in co-authoring papers using this infrastructure. If you are working on LLM-mediated communication, digital sociology, or computational ethics, I’d love to see how Agora Synthetic can support your specific research
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You can explore the platform and apply for research access here: <a href="https://agorasynthetic.com/" originalsrc="https://agorasynthetic.com/">
https://agorasynthetic.com/</a></div>
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<a href="https://agorasynthetic.com/" originalsrc="https://agorasynthetic.com/">https://agorasynthetic.com/</a></div>
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Warm regards,</div>
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Dr. Vinicius Covas</div>
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Research Professor, Universidad Anáhuac México</div>
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<a href="mailto:vinicius.covas@anahuac.mx">vinicius.covas@anahuac.mx</a></div>
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