Stephen Ware
@sgware.bsky.social
I run the Narrative Intelligence Lab at U Kentucky where I do research and teach about storytelling AI and game dev. http://cs.uky.edu/~sgware
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Is detecting and pruning duplicate states in a narrative planning context worth it? Stephen Ware says yes! An interesting problem given the cyclical concept of "belief" that characters within the planning domain have. I liked the evaluation using the existing Sabre benchmarks here!
November 12, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Is detecting and pruning duplicate states in a narrative planning context worth it? Stephen Ware says yes! An interesting problem given the cyclical concept of "belief" that characters within the planning domain have. I liked the evaluation using the existing Sabre benchmarks here!
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Next we have Stephen Ware's @sgware.bsky.social talk on MicroTales, a benchmark for narrative "chess puzzles" with a number of desirable traits! This seems like a really useful planning domain.
November 11, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Next we have Stephen Ware's @sgware.bsky.social talk on MicroTales, a benchmark for narrative "chess puzzles" with a number of desirable traits! This seems like a really useful planning domain.
Oh, I'm at the Lacomb too. Y'all want to get dinner tonight?
November 9, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Oh, I'm at the Lacomb too. Y'all want to get dinner tonight?
I think it's the US air traffic control shortage (and recent federal order to cancel a ton of flights) that's causing it. Once you make it to Canada, you should be insulated from it.
November 9, 2025 at 2:01 PM
I think it's the US air traffic control shortage (and recent federal order to cancel a ton of flights) that's causing it. Once you make it to Canada, you should be insulated from it.
Our first flight (from Lexington) got cancelled less than 12 hours before it boarded. We were able to rebook a flight out of Louisville. Then that got cancelled too. Thankfully, our third attempt out of Cincinnati actually happened! It's Mad Max at the airports today.
November 9, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Our first flight (from Lexington) got cancelled less than 12 hours before it boarded. We were able to rebook a flight out of Louisville. Then that got cancelled too. Thankfully, our third attempt out of Cincinnati actually happened! It's Mad Max at the airports today.
This is my reaction to every MOBA.
November 7, 2025 at 2:15 AM
This is my reaction to every MOBA.
Probably heretical, but I love "I Will Survive" by Cake. No shade on the original; it's also a banger.
October 26, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Probably heretical, but I love "I Will Survive" by Cake. No shade on the original; it's also a banger.
Did a cat write this?
October 25, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Did a cat write this?
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This is all a question of the pleasure of responsiveness, and for me the best model of this is in @stcymsn.bsky.social’s dissertation. It’s been incredibly influential to my thinking on narrative satisfaction.
Responsiveness in Narrative Systems
Author(s): Mason, Stacey | Advisor(s): Mateas, Michael | Abstract: While game studies and interactive narrative communities have developed a rich body ofresearch around agency in our interactions with...
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October 24, 2025 at 9:27 PM
This is all a question of the pleasure of responsiveness, and for me the best model of this is in @stcymsn.bsky.social’s dissertation. It’s been incredibly influential to my thinking on narrative satisfaction.