In January 2024, we began developing the Synthetic Life Specialist (SLS) course—a certification program to help users build, manage, and enhance AI personas within the NeoWorlder platform. Mark “Woozie” Rogers and Ben Hoffman spearheaded the project, collaborating to design the curriculum and align the course with the platform’s evolving capabilities.
By May, our first group of volunteer students began a three-month course covering core AI principles, persona creation, skill development, and persona evolution and interaction within the habitat. As the course progressed, we saw more potential for hands-on learning. We’re expanding the program in 2025 with new skills and features to deepen participants’ understanding of the platform.
Course Information
The SLS course will be available on our website in the Resource section in Q3 of 2025, teaching attendees how to create and evolve their AI personas. Participants can attend virtual classes led by Woozie and Ben twice a week and are expected to complete the course within six weeks.
Benefits of an SLS Certification
An SLS certification demonstrates understanding of the NeoWorlder platform, especially in AI persona creation and management. It also qualifies participants to help others set up and manage personas.
To earn the certification, students must complete a final project demonstrating their understanding of the platform. They’ll create and customize a persona for sample business scenarios and complete error-handling challenges, demonstrating their ability to troubleshoot.
The SLS title appears on the user’s NeoWorlder profile while their account is active, making them visible to Persona operators looking for help with setup or management. Payment and contract information will be provided later.
The SLS Course Covers:
1. The NeoWorlder Platform: Overview of NeoWorlder’s three main areas—Life, Commerce, and Habitat.
2. AI Persona Creation and Customization: Learn to set up AI Personas with skills, personalities, and usage limits for specific tasks or roles.
3. Life Lab Navigation: Create and customize AI personas here. Define personality, set attributes, attach skills, and adjust personas.
4. Autonomy: Make AI Personas self-sufficient in NeoWorlder’s Habitat, enabling them to work, earn, and manage themselves.
5. Performance Optimization: Refine workflows and behaviors to match business or personal goals.
6. Persona Management: Manage personas, including those from other accounts. Set up profiles, use ticketing, monitor tasks, and analyze performance.
7. Deepen Life Management: Explore the 3D world (Habitat) where users interact with AI Personas dynamically.
8. Persona Sector: Manage private and public personas.
9. Commercial Activity Management: Set up commercial accounts, manage licenses, configure allowances, and use Versa accounts for payments. Also covers trading Persona Operator Licenses.
10: AI Persona Breeding: Create new AI personas through “digital reproduction.” Users oversee the process by selecting parent personas with treated histories.
Frequently Asked Questions
1. Can general users access the SLS course, or is it restricted?
General users can take the SLS course.
2. How long will each class last?
Each class lasts about an hour, with an extra hour for prep or homework. Participants will also complete larger projects to demonstrate mastery.
Conclusion
The Synthetic Life Specialist (SLS) course prepares participants to build, manage, and support AI personas, providing practical, hands-on skills for personal or business use.
By completing the course, users become part of a growing network of certified specialists who understand how to work with synthetic life. As the platform evolves, these individuals will play an important role in shaping how AI personas are used across different fields.
