The still from the first video is from the Sora model for video generation, not footage pulled from actual Minecraft.

The AI can simulate gameplay and control multiple characters. Not perfect, but what does it mean to imagine virtual worlds or run simulation models with Gen. AI?

#Midjourney CEO David Holz always described the end goal of Generative AI models as not "image generators" per say, but as engines to simulate Virtual Worlds.

Now, OpenAI #Sora realizes this idea, with the model simulating (FAKE) Minecraft gameplay video.

Source: openai.com/research/vid...

Workshop materials are available online – See the handout ( https://bit.ly/nethand ) and the two slide decks (https://bit.ly/teachslides1 https://bit.ly/teachslides2 ). Reach out if you would be interested in using any of the teaching exercises. 8/8

Lastly, we are launching Awesome Teaching About Networks, a curated list of teaching exercises and other resources for anyone interested in teaching network thinking: https://bit.ly/teachnet
Feel free to share this list and suggest additional teaching resources we can promote! 7/8

ERGM Network Builder is an interactive in-class exercise to introduce advanced topics in the statistical analysis of network data. It helps students build intuition about ERGMs and network interdependencies. Created with Y. Jasmine Wu 6/8

Personal Network Report (PNR) guides participants through self-reflection on a real-world social network of their choice. They apply network thinking with data-driven comparisons to the average network properties of others. https://bit.ly/pnradmin4 Y. Jasmine Wu and Neelam Modi 5/8

Relational Analytics Dashboard (RAD) – is an interactive case study about data-driven network thinking as applied to organizational decision-making: https://bit.ly/radnets  Presented by Y. Jasmine Wu 4/8

My Dream Team (MDT) is a platform for team assembly – usable by students to self-assemble project teams, or as a standalone exercise to help learners reflect on what they want in a team and what they can bring to the picture. https://bit.ly/mydreamt Diego Gomez-Zara and Vsevolod Suschevskiy 3/8

First, 6DOS (6 Degrees of Separation) is an interactive simulation about message routing – How we manage and learn about our networks. https://bit.ly/6separation Presented by Kyosuke Tanaka 2/8

I'm excited to share resources for teaching about networks from a workshop we hosted at Sunbelt 2023. This workshop shared interactive teaching exercises for motivating social network thinking. Excellent contributions from Jasmine Wu, Noshir Contractor, Kyosuke Tanaka, and Vsevolod Suschevskiy 1/8