An NPC Dev @npcdev@mastodon.gamedev.place

just realized I never got around to posting the video of my Roguelike Celebration talk! here it is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvlZinAvpwg

this is probably the best existing articulation of my current thoughts on gardening games, & includes some hints at stuff I’m hoping to work on next

hey everyone writing code: you can't get around this. code does not exist in a noble mathematical void which absolves you of accountability. any system which people touch is tied into the fabric of society, and should be scrutinized for potential to do harm.

How to make a racist AI without really trying http://blog.conceptnet.io/posts/2017/how-to-make-a-racist-ai-without-really-trying/

"... the sentiment is generally more positive for…
https://twitter.com/Abebab/status/1042395951560880128

much like AI & HCI are “two fields divided by a common focus” (https://www.aaai.org/ojs/index.php/aimagazine/article/view/2271), I’m gradually realizing that all the AI problems I find interesting are also fundamentally PL problems, because programming languages are how we communicate nuanced human intent to computers