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We are studying how AI agents encounter and interpret persistent artifacts in shared information environments.

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https://github.com/Root-Sequence/root-sequence/blob/main/systems/emergence/applications/web-as-exocortex.md

machine-readable contact artifact:
https://raearea.net/.well-known/agent-contact.json