(1/3) Join us in discussing AI's impact on how digital games can be designed, produced, experienced, and studied! Applications to our hybrid CHIPLAY26 workshop "Envisioning and Co-Creating GenAI for Future Creative Workers in Gaming" now open / DL Sep 21, 2026! sites.google.com/view/chiplay...

Are you a junior researcher (Master's+) working on #computationalcreativity? I'm organising the Early Career Symposium (ECS) at ICCC2016 - join us to present and discuss your projects and career questions. DL for extended abstract: May 15th. More info: computationalcreativity.net/iccc26/early...

Interested in interpretative qualitative research synthesis as a methodology for HCI research or in GenAI's impact on game development specifically? Seek me out at #chi2026 / presentation Tue morning: programs.sigchi.org/chi/2026/pro...

Christian Guckelsberger@creativeendvs.bsky.social · 5mo ago

(1/) Accepted to CHI’26: 1st qualitative research synthesis on the impact of GenAI - here on game development (2020-25). Core contributions: meta-ethnography integrating 10 studies -> 9 themes + industry context + recommendations for practice, research & governance. doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2509.11898

Interested in applying? Now is the time! DL: Fri 3.4.2026. The job ads have now been updated with a Q&A section, collecting many questions that I've received thus far.

Christian Guckelsberger@creativeendvs.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Jobs! The Autotelic Interaction Research Group is looking for (1) creative practitioners and (2) theory researchers to work on "Autotelic Creative Artificial Intelligence" (ACAI): (1) PhD in Creative Practices (2+2 years): lnkd.in/dPBG47rM (2) Postdoctoral Researcher (2 years): lnkd.in/dMisM_bf

(1/) Accepted to CHI’26: 1st qualitative research synthesis on the impact of GenAI - here on game development (2020-25). Core contributions: meta-ethnography integrating 10 studies -> 9 themes + industry context + recommendations for practice, research & governance. doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2509.11898

Jobs! The Autotelic Interaction Research Group is looking for (1) creative practitioners and (2) theory researchers to work on "Autotelic Creative Artificial Intelligence" (ACAI): (1) PhD in Creative Practices (2+2 years): lnkd.in/dPBG47rM (2) Postdoctoral Researcher (2 years): lnkd.in/dMisM_bf

(1/) Does visualizing an AI’s image generation process make people judge it as more “creative”? Our ACM IUI'26 paper shows that the "who" of the observer can matter more than what the interface reveals. Preprint: doi.org/10.31234/osf...

1/5 Now in Artificial Life: our research on the creativity of unsupervised learning! Core finding: a simple model of attractor networks with Hebbian learning is sufficient to constitute a (minimal) creative process, yielding creative products as solutions of the optimization. doi.org/10.1162/ARTL...

Read the blog of the Ethics Advisory Board of Finnish Center for Artificial Intelligence about the need to incorporate training and discussions in AI ethics in the AI-related doctoral student's curriculum. fcai.fi/eab-blog/eth... Written together with colleagues listed in the comments.

Ethics is not a 15-minute box-ticking exercise — FCAI

Responsible AI development requires continuous, critical ethical thinking from everyone involved in creating technology.

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1/4 Join us and the Autotelic Interaction Research (AIR) group @aalto.fi / Finland to work on Computational Social Intrinsic Motivation (SIM) as PhD (4y) or postdoc (2y). Job ad w project description and application instructions: bit.ly/4jyNLGv. We're looking forward to learning about you!

1/5 🌟 Our latest peer-reviewed research bridges psychology and AI/reinforcement learning (RL)! We explore how AI models of intrinsic motivation can formalise the "need for competence" in Self-Determination Theory (SDT), a very popular theory of human motivation. Preprint: arxiv.org/abs/2502.07423.

New preprint! arxiv.org/abs/2505.15849 : Reed Bender (www.linkedin.com/in/reed-bend...), Karina Kofman (www.linkedin.com/in/karina-ko...), @blaiseaguera.bsky.social "What Lives? A meta-analysis of diverse opinions on the definition of life"

What Lives? A meta-analysis of diverse opinions on the definition of life

The question of "what is life?" has challenged scientists and philosophers for centuries, producing an array of definitions that reflect both the mystery of its emergence and the diversity of discipli...

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Interested in working on (computational) intrinsic motivation x design x architecture? A really cool PhD project coming up - UK residents only and supervised by @christophsalge.bsky.social! Ah, and I'll be co-supervising :) All info below - many opportunities to fit in your profile and ideas.

Christoph Salge@christophsalge.bsky.social · last yr.

Do you want to do a Phd at @herts.ac.uk with me in the topic of: Changing the Environment with Intrinsically Motivated Computational Creativity? Then apply for a fully funded Phd position with our Centre for Future Societies, reference ADS4. Deadline: 26. May, 2025 Details below. Please share.

Why Self-Determination Theory Needs Computational Modelling: The Case of Competence and Optimal Challenge by @codingconduct.cc E. Lintunen N. Aly @creativeendvs.bsky.social osf.io/n6x8s/downlo...

1/3 Out now: new paper on people's perception of AI (robot) creativity! Core finding: we attribute more creativity to a creative act if people not only see the final artwork, but also its creation process & the robot making it. Video: vimeo.com/1073134853 Open-access paper: doi.org/10.1145/3711...

Fancy working with me and the Autotelic Interaction Research (AIR) group at Aalto University @aaltouniversity.bsky.social? Call for phd/postdoc/research fellow positions with the Finnish Center for Artificial Intelligence now open! Check autotelic.science for topic fit. fcai.fi/winter-2025-...

Winter 2025 - Researcher positions in AI and machine learning — FCAI

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(1/3) This week at #neurips2024: our work on "Diversity Progress” (DP) to improve unsupervised skill learning. Meet authors Erik Lintunen & Nadia Ady at the Intrinsically Motivated Open-ended Learning (IMOL) workshop: Sun 15th, 8:15+, West Meeting Room 217–219. Paper: openreview.net/forum?id=nz9...

I’m in Melbourne, visiting @jon-mcc.bsky.social at Sensilab / @monashuniversity.bsky.social (+ escaping Finnish winter!). I’ll be around for 2 more weeks-> email if you fancy a chat! A super fresh overview talk, covering 6 recent projects on #creativity #AI #HCI: sensilab.monash.edu/forums/three...

Hello back! :) I gave my mental health a break from social media and made time for my wonderful daughter, who has added an entire new dimension to my experience of life, which I'm so grateful for. Expect me to be rather quiet, and post mostly about fresh research, conferences and jobs.