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Game design consulting, generative AI, educational games, immersive games, ARG, and writing. https://curiouserinstitute.com/

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I highly doubt it. The AI's ability to "machine verify" good writing is only one of *many* challenges. I don't even think it's one of the hardest ones IMHO.

In the last 6 years it's been a very disappointing space and not a lot of companies really making it a priority. So probably not "soon".๐Ÿคทโ€โ™‚๏ธ

10.02.2026 03:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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OpenAI starts testing ads in ChatGPT OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT, says ads will affect users of free and Go tiers of the app.

Ads are coming to AI and this is bad * โ™พ๏ธ . I'm an AI enthusiast, however AI ads border on catastrophic harm.

They have too much information and the AI is much too persuasive. It will be the most manipulative form of advertising ever created.

#AI #OpenAI #ads

09.02.2026 21:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Can I get a six pack quickly?
YouTube video by Anthropic Can I get a six pack quickly?

Ads are coming to AI. But not to Anthropic's Claude.

This is a very funny Super Bowl ad.

๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅOpenAI๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ

#AI #Claude #Anthropic #SuperBowl

09.02.2026 19:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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AI Browser Game Jam A game jam from 2026-02-20 to 2026-03-13 hosted by Focaccai. Focaccai AI Browser Game Jam Welcome! This jam exists to encourage more people to experiment with AI-assisted game development. There still...

Not enough jams welcome AI development, so we made our own! ๐Ÿ˜…๐Ÿ‘

itch.io/jam/ai-brows...

Devs will have 2 weeks to make a game using AI tools. Any engine is fine, as long as it runs in the browser. Join if you dare! ๐Ÿš€ #AIGameJam

08.02.2026 20:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Opus 4.6 is out from @anthropic.com and I'm still getting over how good 4.5 is!

Always love @emollick.bsky.social's academic memes! This one is bananas. ๐Ÿ‘

#Claude #AI #Opus #Anthropic

06.02.2026 07:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿคฏomg

06.02.2026 07:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Oh this so much. Knowing the future is actually not such a great super power if you can't act on it.

06.02.2026 07:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Roblox debuts tool for players to AI-generate interactive in-game objects, promises "full scene generation" is coming News follows share price plunge following debut of Google's Genie world-generation tool

AI tools to help children (and adults) make games absolutely makes sense. AI-enabled Roblox is going to make it easier for millions of kids to realize their ideas. Fantastic!

www.gamesindustry.biz/roblox-debut... #AI #gamedev #gamedesign

05.02.2026 08:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Same. I have 1/10 the people here that I had on X at peak and I'm never getting them back. And it's not my audience either. I think X is a special case.

In many ways, you have more political impact by using your larger presence on Meta than you could hurt Meta by leaving at the moment. IMHO.

05.02.2026 00:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It's really uncreative to fall back to this binary, black and white, us and them, thinking about technology. Especially in the context of sci-fi.

There could have been a lot of ways to handle this better. Like a new category. This is a classic false dichotomy. Sci-fi authors should know better.

05.02.2026 00:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Seriously I'm glad I was raised in the 80's and can sustain myself indefinitely on irony.

@sfwa.org ruled that there can be no AI or LLMs used at any point in the writing process for stories submitted for the sci-fi Nebula Awards.

At least they support science in fiction? #AI #nebula #scifi

04.02.2026 07:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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a man in a suit and tie is standing in front of a crowd of people and says `` there is no way '' . ALT: a man in a suit and tie is standing in front of a crowd of people and says `` there is no way '' .

Happy Groundhog Day! Again!

02.02.2026 10:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Video game company stock prices dip after Google introduces an AI world-generation tool Prediction markets.

I've rarely seen anything that illustrates how profoundly investors misunderstand AI and games. It's cool, but Google's Genie is as far away from creating video games as it is from writing and directing a blockbuster movie.

www.theverge.com/games/871348... #genie #google #videogames #AI #gamedev

31.01.2026 06:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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a man in a turban says oh yeah ALT: a man in a turban says oh yeah

Crimp it!

31.01.2026 02:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Game Poems Magazine Game Poems is an online playable magazine dedicated to exploring the artistic and poetic potential of short-form videogames. The videogame poem is a concept that challenges traditional boundaries betw...

A fantastic new publication "Game Poems Magazine" featuring artistic lightning fast playable mini-games. First issue is out! #art #games

14.01.2026 23:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yeah. Itโ€™s so twisted. For solo devs using AI is a matter of making the game or not making it. AI shaming isnโ€™t really going to hurt big studios. If they have to they can just keep pretending they arenโ€™t using it.

14.01.2026 16:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Itโ€™s inevitable that AI is going to be used in almost all game production pipelines.

Also inevitable that the x100 boost is based in hype, not reality. But x2 or even x0.5 is probably a good enough reason to use it for most studios.

#AI #gamedev

14.01.2026 13:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Mmmmโ€ฆ that kind of sounds like the premise of the SAW series. Do this or die doesnโ€™t seem like a game to me. ๐Ÿคท

Maybe a good definition of โ€œgameโ€ will help this new science.

14.01.2026 11:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Itโ€™s called ludology? Also, going to disagree on your definition that the best game is life because everyone plays it. Itโ€™s only a game if you know itโ€™s a game and more importantly you CHOOSE to play it. That has not been determined about life atm. ๐Ÿค“

14.01.2026 00:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
The Queenโ€™s Gambit board game with a small sign in front of it saying โ€œNOT CHESSโ€

The Queenโ€™s Gambit board game with a small sign in front of it saying โ€œNOT CHESSโ€

I think about this picture I took of the Queenโ€™s Gambit board game in 2022 a lot.

13.01.2026 01:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1648    ๐Ÿ” 204    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 26    ๐Ÿ“Œ 13
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Embark Studios CEO Patrick Sรถderlund defends the use of AI in ARC Raiders and urges players to "step back" and understand how it can help developers. bit.ly/3N8NjEj

06.01.2026 15:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

If I vibe-code a piece of software I learn a lot more about coding than someone who just installs and uses the code.

Same with art, writing, music, or anything else. Creating is better than not creating IMHO. AI or not. ๐Ÿคทโ€โ™‚๏ธ

#AI

02.01.2026 05:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Just surfacing this reply that turned into a little thread on how to restructure AAA studios. Let me know what you think.

Yeah, I just saved the gaming industry. You're so welcome everyone! ๐Ÿฆธโ€โ™‚๏ธ๐Ÿ†๐Ÿฅ‡

#gamedev #gamedesign

31.12.2025 05:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

BTW, WTF is with that weird link at the bottom of my post. I guess it must have added it when I paused in my editing? Weird bluesky.

31.12.2025 05:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thanks! I'm still thinking about it. I'm sure everyone is.

It's not hot on my plate since, you know, I don't own a AAA studio and no one is paying me to fix "The System" lol!

31.12.2025 05:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Lol, didn't expect this to get that long but I think there are a lot of ways AAA studios could adapt and restructure and not just because it's good for them. It's good for indie designers who don't want to risk their mortgage and want to gain experience from pros. ๐Ÿคทโ€โ™‚๏ธ

30.12.2025 20:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It de-risks everything for indie devs and lets them take shots on goal faster with better talent on better games while building a pipeline for everyone that comes after. No one is starting from scratch in their home office over and over wondering if they've made a horrible mistake. ๐Ÿ‘‡

30.12.2025 20:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

A major studio could restructure a part of itself to crank out games as fast as a mobile slop shop but every single game would be created with top notch support and talent. And if they get ONE HIT it makes as much money as any of their AAA titles. ๐Ÿ‘‡

30.12.2025 20:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

And let's not forget that, say what you will about AAA studios, there are great designers there who can look at an idea and fix it or pass on it in minutes. They don't need to build the thing to know it's a garbage idea. ๐Ÿ‘‡

30.12.2025 20:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

In many cases that overhead of a AAA studio is a nightmare, but it could just as easily be a super power. There is infrastructure no one is using, custom tech stacks for everything, rapid prototyping tools, talent floating around in between projects, there is easy reach to influencers, press, etc. ๐Ÿ‘‡

30.12.2025 20:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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