Luke Dicken
@luked.bsky.social
Former Head of AI for Take Two Interactive. Doctor of Game AI (from before the techbros moved in I swear). Dog dad, pitmaster, D&D-holic. 🏴 in 🇺🇸
The folks at Kythera are legit, doing proper Game AI. Strong recommend.
Lara Brown@larabrown.bsky.social · 11h agoWe're growing the team at @kythera.ai / Intelligent Artefacts and are looking for an experienced AI Middleware Developer to join us. Ideally, you'll be in or around Edinburgh or Oxford where our leadership team is based. Full job description is here 👉🏻 www.intelligentartefacts.com/ai-middlewar...
Personal growth is not sending the post that started "Listen cunt..." and instead just blocking the person. It's not like A LOT of personal growth, but it's happened
I'm doing a finance-y business-y podcast interview later this week and I'm putting in some research to try to show up with receipts and... However dumb you think this GenAI Hype Bubble is, I promise you have not grasped the full totality of how dumb it actually is.
Huh so do you think given the industry headwinds, getting saddled with an additional $1.8bn/yr debt to repay is going to be good for this company or nah? Galaxy brain thinking tho - if you want people to do more with less, make damned sure they have less I guess. Fuuuuckin' hell
Jason Schreier@jasonschreier.bsky.social · 19h agoEA officially goes private tonight, meaning: - EA will no longer trade on the NASDAQ for the first time in 36 years - All stockholders of EA (including many employees) will receive $210/share - EA will take on $18 billion (!) in debt, putting it on the hook to pay ~$1.8 billion/year in interest
If I have to read one more thinkpiece on how many units a certain game did or didn't sell, I am going to lose my shit.
The media train don't stop - next week I'm doing a very finance and business oriented video interview that I'm nervous about. Will be my first time not talking about the AI bubble from a predominantly tech lens. That should post mid-August I'm told
Harrison Ford, the actor behind loveable scoundrels Han Solo and Indiana Jones, started his career as an on-set carpenter. That makes him a roguelike deckbuilder.
My betis that they are going to use this to make sure it doesn't go into training data and for nothing else
Joseph Cox@josephcox.bsky.social · 6d agoNew: LinkedIn just introduced a "seems like AI slop" button. That's literally what the button says. The thought leaders are going to have a meltdown www.404media.co/linkedin-int...
"Studios that realize the real goal shouldn't be to squeeze the human workforce but instead to harness technology to amplify that workforce's creative reach... those are going to be the ones that define the next decade of play." Read the whole article @ 80.lv - 80.lv/articles/gam...
Game AI Expert on Where AI Actually Belongs in Game Development
Luke Dicken has been researching AI technology for gaming for decades, and he joined us to share his perspective on the history of AI in games, modern generative AI, game development, production pipel...
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The best shit never starts with "Because it might increase engagement" or whatever.
maybe: annie rauwerda@annierau.bsky.social · 7d agostarting a collection of quotes like this
"Studios that realize the real goal shouldn't be to squeeze the human workforce but instead to harness technology to amplify that workforce's creative reach... those are going to be the ones that define the next decade of play." Read the whole article @ 80.lv - 80.lv/articles/gam...
Game AI Expert on Where AI Actually Belongs in Game Development
Luke Dicken has been researching AI technology for gaming for decades, and he joined us to share his perspective on the history of AI in games, modern generative AI, game development, production pipel...
80.lv
The "Nothing to do with us guv!" statement from the Microsoft Pressbot 9000 is the crowning turd on the latest rough news. Love to the Double Fine family
One of our amazing @takethis.org Accelerate Alumni & current volunteers, Jamy Drapeza, has announced the release of their program: RPG Wellness! This project began as their capstone project, and we couldn't be prouder of them for taking it to the next level! www.jamydoestherapy.com/rpg-wellness...
Just got a draft layout of an interview/article that I think will publish next month and I'm fairly excited to show this one to the world. I pulled approximately zero punches talking about GenAI and corporate FOMO
Now I'm a free agent, what would you like to see me talk about at GDC this year? Submission deadline is coming up! (crowdsourcing idea shamelessly stolen from @kindofstrange.com ) gdconf.com/call-for-sub...
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Now I'm a free agent, what would you like to see me talk about at GDC this year? Submission deadline is coming up! (crowdsourcing idea shamelessly stolen from @kindofstrange.com ) gdconf.com/call-for-sub...
Call for Submissions | GDC Festival of Gaming
Speak at GDC Festival of Gaming! Submit a presentation and share your game industry knowledge with the entire games ecosystem.
gdconf.com
Excited to be speaking at D.I.C.E. this year alongside the excellent @jenmacl.bsky.social! We'll be talking "The AI Reckoning: What Survives the Hype Cycle" - a topic you know I've got _opinions_ about :D See you in Athens?
Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences@official-aias.bsky.social · 2w agoLeaders from Epic Games, ICO Partners, and more will be joining the D.I.C.E. Athens stage and roundtable discussions! Join your fellow industry peers at the Athens Marriott from September 21-23. Full list of speakers and roundtables here: www.diceeurope.org/dice_speaker...
I got to guest on Tommy's new podcast! It was really great to chat about the book in such detail, he asked really interesting questions and we got into a lot of the good stuff behind why I wrote it and why I care about it. And also how we're both stupid. Order Next Level here: linktr.ee/next_level
AI and Games@aiandgames.com · 2w agoThe second episode of the podcast is out now! Our first guest on the podcast is @mtrc.bsky.social, procedural generation researcher and author of the new book 'Next Level: Making Games That Make Themselves'. YouTube: youtu.be/KJNoLluJCss #GameAI #PCG #GameAIPodcast #Podcast #GameDev
Excited to be speaking at D.I.C.E. this year alongside the excellent @jenmacl.bsky.social! We'll be talking "The AI Reckoning: What Survives the Hype Cycle" - a topic you know I've got _opinions_ about :D See you in Athens?
Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences@official-aias.bsky.social · 2w agoLeaders from Epic Games, ICO Partners, and more will be joining the D.I.C.E. Athens stage and roundtable discussions! Join your fellow industry peers at the Athens Marriott from September 21-23. Full list of speakers and roundtables here: www.diceeurope.org/dice_speaker...
last call for this! would love to speak to as many folks as possible!
Luke Plunkett@lukeplunkett.com · last mo.Hi! I'm looking to speak to anyone who is finding ways to resist/work around mandatory AI usage policies at work. Mostly games industry-related, but happy to speak to anyone adjacent as well! Published quotes can of course be anon if desired. DM me here or email at luke@aftermath.site, thanks!
Every time. It's literally every fucking time these people are so eager to push the fear-hype of "Rogue AI" that they're willing to completely obfuscate the fact that a system was in fact given tools/capabilities & a set of instructions *By Humans*, & did not, thus, autonomously initiate anything. …
If you're in the bay area and interested in learning about or trying your hand at trading card game design, come join me at the MADE sometime in the next two months! luma.com/3x2vn3xv
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Are you a fan of Gundam, Magic: The Gathering, Yu-Gi-Oh, Pokemon, and/or other trading card games? Do you ever wonder what makes them so popular? Well this…
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Months of work, a lifetime of learning, but the Levelling The Playing Field 101 Courses program launches right now. Eight €40 courses launching 10 days apart, I aim to make the critical less-spoken parts of indie gamedev accessible away from expensive visa-locked hotel bars. courses.ramiismail.com
With all the travel I've got coming up this year, I decided to treat myself to a new laptop bag from @sfbags.bsky.social - it arrived this morning and it's the most I've ever fallen in love with a bag in my life! Look at this thing 😍 (with added extras for notepad and steam deck!)
No. And no actual experts believe so. There are many ethical concerns around AI, but this really isn’t one of them. I do have ethical concerns about the hucksters trying to sell us on AI consciousness, though.
The Guardian@theguardian.com · 2w agoCould AI be conscious?
I have an urgent deadline I need to work on. I am very very very tired today. Am I working on it? No Am I resting? No Instead, I am spending the day stuck in executive dysfunction stressing myself out further. YOU LOVE TO SEE IT
It sucks that these posts are now daily. It sucks harder that it's deeply uncommon for a studio to so publicly want to support their folks and organize that institutionally. Hats off to Dual Wield Studio for being one of the most compassionate outfits in this current nightmare
Dual Wield Studio@dualwieldstudio.bsky.social · 3w agoToday, we’re publicly sharing that Dual Wield Studio has reached the difficult decision to conduct layoffs. If you’re hiring, please reach out in response to this post or via email to hello@dualwieldstudio.com - our priority is ensuring everyone impacted can find a great new job.
