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Matthew Guzdial @matthewguz.bsky.social · 18h

Not going to be much longer now if they’re pulling the emergency porn lever.

The Verge @theverge.com · 1d

Sam Altman says ChatGPT will soon sext with verified adults

ChatGPT is about to get flirty.

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Meredith Martin @mmvty.bsky.social · 2d

📣 New preprint! We know humans are biased against AI-creativity. But what about LLMs, now often judging creativity in various contexts? Do they replicate, transform, or amplify this bias? We tested it. Turns out: AI is 2.5X more biased against its own work than humans. arxiv.org/pdf/2510.08831 🧵

arxiv.org

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Matthew Guzdial @matthewguz.bsky.social · 3d

I got back from a haunted house to a dozen notifications and couldn’t have been happier with what it turned out to be! Very cool stuff, thanks for sharing Jason!

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Matthew Guzdial @matthewguz.bsky.social · 4d

@mtrc.bsky.social has previously advocated for calling this an “inspiration set”

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Mark J. Nelson @mm-jj-nn.bsky.social · 4d

It's happening! (The early-bird registration deadline is today.)

You have registered for
Artificial Intelligence & Interactive Digital Entertainment 2025
November 10 – 14, 2025

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Jesper Juul @jesperjuul.bsky.social · 5d

FDG'26 call for papers!

We will be hosting the ACM conference Foundations of Digital Games 2026 conference here at the Royal Danish Academy in Copenhagen August 10-13 2026.

The call for papers is out now: fdg2026.org/call-for-pap...

We hope to see you (and your paper) at FDG’26!

Call for Papers: Foundations of Digital Games 2026 (FDG 2026) – Foundation of Digital Games 2026

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Matthew Guzdial @matthewguz.bsky.social · 5d

Also Gillian Anderson acts circles around everyone else in the flick.

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Matthew Guzdial @matthewguz.bsky.social · 5d

Judet voice

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Matthew Guzdial @matthewguz.bsky.social · 5d

Tron Ares has what has to be the highest budget depiction of curriculum learning ever. I hope RL folks steal the clip to play in lectures.

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Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · 7d

When @aceottorney.bsky.social first told me about this I said "this could change people's lives and stop developers from getting exploited" and having seen the final resource, I think I was not wrong. I'd call it a must-bookmark for indie devs.

René Otto @aceottorney.bsky.social · 7d

Proud to announce Deviant Legal’s Game Developer’s Guide to Publishing Agreements: a free resource for developers wanting to learn about publishing deals. Publicly accessible, without requiring to provide your data: deviantlegal.com/guide/game-d...

An image about the game developer's guide to publishing agreements feauturing otto the otter

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Matthew Guzdial @matthewguz.bsky.social · 6d

Gotta make a special category on your CV for these, though the title might be a challenge. Academic interest donor recipients?

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Raph Koster @raphkoster.bsky.social · 7d

I got that bit of info from Ben Cousins, and have mentioned it several times. Others have referenced it too, see www.researchgate.net/figure/Jumpi... which probably will link to his original source.

Fig. 3. Jumping times in 3rd person action games – adapted from Cousins...

Download scientific diagram | Jumping times in 3rd person action games – adapted from Cousins [2005]. from publication: Toward an understanding of flow in video games | In the domain of computer game...

www.researchgate.net

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Matthew Guzdial @matthewguz.bsky.social · 7d

Maybe I’m naive but I’m hopeful that we can actually fight against the notion of GenAI/LLMs = AI. AI has been a broad category of technical approaches since the 1950‘s and I think redrawing the borders to only mean a specific subset of approaches is only in the interest of VC/tech ghouls.

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Matthew Guzdial @matthewguz.bsky.social · 8d

I’ve had the same two books on my nightstand for months with very little progress for the same reason. I’m banking on a long flight at this point.

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Luke Dicken @luked.bsky.social · 8d

Really excited to get back to @aiide.bsky.social this year and support one of our rising stars making her conference debut!

One of the things that's been eye opening in ten years post-academia is how we deliver actual value rather than intellectual curiosity. Going to enjoy talking further on this!

AIIDE @aiide.bsky.social · 8d

AIIDE 2025 is fast approaching and it’s time to start announcing this year’s keynote speakers! First up are Dr. Luke Dicken and Nadine Perez from Take-Two Interactive. In this session the Take-Two AI team will discuss how to put theory into practice.

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Matthew Guzdial @matthewguz.bsky.social · 8d

We'll be announcing the AIIDE'25 keynotes in the next couple of weeks and our first one to announce is this really exciting look at applying research work in industry from @luked.bsky.social and Nadine Perez!

AIIDE @aiide.bsky.social · 8d

AIIDE 2025 is fast approaching and it’s time to start announcing this year’s keynote speakers! First up are Dr. Luke Dicken and Nadine Perez from Take-Two Interactive. In this session the Take-Two AI team will discuss how to put theory into practice.

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AIIDE @aiide.bsky.social · 8d

AIIDE 2025 is fast approaching and it’s time to start announcing this year’s keynote speakers! First up are Dr. Luke Dicken and Nadine Perez from Take-Two Interactive. In this session the Take-Two AI team will discuss how to put theory into practice.

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Matthew Guzdial @matthewguz.bsky.social · 9d

No one before has ever even considered burning your own chess pieces for fuel!

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Matthew Guzdial @matthewguz.bsky.social · 9d

So even before any legal action this has already been massively expensive for OpenAI.

Meaning that OpenAI, already hemorrhaging money, made the “clever” move to make a video generation social media site to hemorrhage money even faster.

copyrightlately.com/openai-backt...

Sora, Not Sorry: OpenAI Backtracks on Opt-Out Copyright Policy

OpenAI, facing backlash, will now let rightsholders decide whether their characters appear in Sora 2, with revenue sharing for those who opt in.

copyrightlately.com

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Matthew Guzdial @matthewguz.bsky.social · 11d

One week left to register (at the cheapest rate) for the best game AI research conference around.

AIIDE @aiide.bsky.social · 11d

📢 One week left! Early bird registration rates are available until October 10th. Early registration is cheaper and helps us get things organized 👾

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AIIDE 2025 - Registration

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Matthew Guzdial @matthewguz.bsky.social · 10d

Happy (nearly? belated?) birthday!

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Myra Cheng @myra.bsky.social · 11d

AI always calling your ideas “fantastic” can feel inauthentic, but what are sycophancy’s deeper harms? We find that in the common use case of seeking AI advice on interpersonal situations—specifically conflicts—sycophancy makes people feel more right & less willing to apologize.

Screenshot of paper title: Sycophantic AI Decreases Prosocial Intentions and Promotes Dependence

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Matthew Guzdial @matthewguz.bsky.social · 11d

Congratulations!

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Matthew Guzdial @matthewguz.bsky.social · 11d

One week left to register (at the cheapest rate) for the best game AI research conference around.

AIIDE @aiide.bsky.social · 11d

📢 One week left! Early bird registration rates are available until October 10th. Early registration is cheaper and helps us get things organized 👾

sites.google.com/ualberta.ca/...

AIIDE 2025 - Registration

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AIIDE @aiide.bsky.social · 11d

📢 One week left! Early bird registration rates are available until October 10th. Early registration is cheaper and helps us get things organized 👾

sites.google.com/ualberta.ca/...

AIIDE 2025 - Registration

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