Report on the ISAL Special Session on ALife and Society, ALife XV, Cancún, Mexico, 2016.

The article offers information on the society-themed Artificial Life 2016 Conference which focused on artificial life and its societal impact. It mentions information on role and responsibilities as engineers, considering the societal implications of the new, rapidly emerging technologies like digital technologies, machine learning, and artificial intelligence (AI). It presents information on the complex adaptive systems (CAS) technologies.