When Programmes Disagree About Programmes: Code poetry and the problem of programme–programme communication

About this event What happens when programmes interpret programmes? As decision-making becomes increasingly mediated by computational procedures, interactions between programmes themselves come into view as a potential site of communication. This hybrid workshop explores the challenge of programme–programme communication through the case of code poetry—an artefact that simultaneously invites formal execution and semantic interpretation. Drawing on a moderated dialogue between two large language models interpreting the same code poems, the session examines how divergent interpretations emerge, stabilise, and resist convergence. The event begins with a presentation of the underlying study, followed by invited commentaries. Participants will then work in small groups to design and reflect on