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post

Author
News
Date
May 24, 2023

Categorized
Arts & Culture

Tagged
Amazon, Arts & Culture, Movies and TV, Rings of Power, The Lord of the Rings, Tolkien, Variety, Video games}

Amazon Can’t Quit Cashing Tolkiens

_{Will Tolkien's original vision get lost in the details, CGI, and cash cow maneuvers?} _{News

May 24, 2023

2

Arts & Culture}

Amazon is now working on a massively multiplayer online (MMO) video game adaptation of Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings universe, which will be unrelated to the Prime TV show Rings of Power. Todd Spangler at Variety reports, Last year, Amazon Games cut a deal with Embracer-owned studio Crystal Dynamics for a new multiplatform title in the “Tomb Raider” series . Hartmann praised the Embracer team as “excellent collaborators.” “The world of Middle-earth continues to prove an endlessly fertile ground for creators, and Amazon Games has a passion for building immersive, compelling worlds and publishing games for a global audience,” said Lee Guinchard, CEO of Freemode, Embracer’s division that houses Middle-earth Enterprises. “We’re taking every care to deliver an MMO which will do justice Read More ›

3d render, abstract geometric background, colorful constructor, logic game, cubic mosaic structure, isometric wallpaper, blue green cubes

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post

Author
Eric Holloway
Date
May 17, 2023

Categorized
Information Theory

Tagged
AI, Artificial Intelligence, Information Theory, Intelligent design theory, Minecraft, Video games}

Minecraft: A World of Information

_{The world's bestselling video game captures the insight that information is created and consumed by human minds} _{Eric Holloway

May 17, 2023

4

Information Theory}

What if I told you intelligent design theory is responsible for the most successful computer game of all time? This game is Minecraft. It has sold over 238 million copies, the highest selling game of all time. What makes the game even more extraordinary is it was created entirely by one man, Markus Persson, over a weekend, who then later sold the game to Microsoft for $2.5 billion dollars. Hard to make this sort of thing up. How does Minecraft work? You can think of Minecraft like a computer game form of Legos, the popular building block toy, with added monsters. You are dropped into an algorithmically generated world where you have to discover resources, find food, and build structures to survive the Read More ›

beautiful bunch cordyceps,mushrooms in neon light. The last of us style. Generative AI.

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post

Author
Gary Varner
Date
April 8, 2023

Categorized
Arts & Culture, Science Fiction

Tagged
Culture, Gary Varner, HBO Max, Science fiction, television, The Last of Us, TV shows, Video games}

The Last of Us: Final Thoughts

_{The HBO series is a mixed bag but is still worth the watch} _{Gary Varner

April 8, 2023

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Arts & Culture, Science Fiction}

The Last of Us HBO series is a mixed bag. There are parts of this show I really liked and other parts I despised. The main trouble is that there are two full episodes which are completely irrelevant to the plot. Frankly, you could skip episodes three and seven and not miss a thing. These episodes are just fanfare for the critics and add nothing to the story. Particularly episode three. I’ve never seen such a random addition to a series. What’s so astounding is that the flashback in episode three keeps going. About halfway through, the viewer realizes that they really are going to have to watch these two old men live and die, all so Joel and Ellie Read More ›

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podcast

Author
Robert J. Marks
Date
October 7, 2021

Tagged
AlphaGo, Artificial General Intelligence (AGI), Deep neural networks DNNs, Elon Musk, Ergodicity, Eric Holloway, Films, Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs), GPT-3, Jonathan Bartlett, Lovelace test, medical research, Neural networks, Neuralink, OpenAI, Robert J. Marks, Robots, Sam Altman, self-driving cars, Sleep, Tesla, Texas Sharpshooter Fallacies, Video games}

The 2020 AI Dirty Dozen Hyped Stories: Countdown by Bradley Center Brain Trust Members

_{Robert J. Marks

October 7, 2021

3}

Is AI fundamentally flawed? Can Elon Musk merge man with machines? Will there ever be self-driving cars? Join us as we revisit the top 12 most over-hyped stories in artificial intelligence from 2020 with Robert J. Marks, Jonathan Bartlett, and Eric Holloway. Show Notes Additional Resources

Father And Son Competing In Video Games At Home

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post

Author
News
Date
July 6, 2021

Categorized
Ethics, Mathematics, Peer Review, Science

Tagged
Fraud, Minecraft, Probability, Stuart Ritchie, Video games}

Why Did Video Gamers Uncover Fraud More Easily Than Scientists?

_{Video gamers are subject, a psychologist tells us, to much more rigorous constraints than scientists} _{News

July 6, 2021

3

Ethics, Mathematics, Peer Review, Science}

In a recent article at The Atlantic, King’s College psychologist Stuart Ritchie, author of Science Fictions: How Fraud, Bias, Negligence and Hype Undermine the Search for Truth (2020), has noted a curious fact: Video gamers are much quicker to spot fraud than scientists. The video game fraud he focuses on involved a gamer’s claim that he had finished a round of Minecraft in a little over 19 minutes, a feat he attributed, Ritchie tells us, to “an incredible stretch of good luck.” “Incredible” is the right choice of word here. “Dream,” as the player was known, later admitted — in the face of skepticism — that he had “inadvertently” left some software running that improved his game — thus disqualifying Read More ›

Medical technology diagnostics concept.Medicine doctor and stethoscope working with Human lungs on a digital tabblet and Ui virtual screen for treatment.

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podcast

Author
Robert J. Marks
Date
December 24, 2020

Tagged
Artificial General Intelligence (AGI), Eric Holloway, GameGAN, Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs), GPT-3, Jonathan Bartlett, medical research, Medicine, Sleep, Statistics, Texas Sharpshooter Fallacies, Video games}

AI Dirty Dozen 2020 Part II

_{Robert J. Marks

December 24, 2020

2}

There are many forces that shape the hyped AI stories we read. Media is everywhere and competition is fierce. Articles with provocative headlines and content are clickbait for the browsing consumer. We’re going to count down the AI Dirty Dozen: the top twelve AI hyped stories for 2020. Join Dr. Robert J. Marks as he discusses some of these stories with Read More ›

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podcast

Author
Robert J. Marks
Date
June 4, 2020

Tagged
Air Force, head-up display, infinity collimation, military technology, research, sensor, Star Wars, tactile displays, Thomas Furness, VCASS, Video games, Virtual Reality, Virtual Reality (VR)}

Thomas Furness and the Invention of Virtual Reality

_{Robert J. Marks

June 4, 2020

1}

The United States military had a major impact of the development of virtual reality. How did virtual reality even come to be invented? Robert J. Marks and Dr. Thomas Furness discuss tactile displays, sensors, and the history of virtual reality. Show Notes Additional Resources

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post

Author
Adam Nieri
Date
March 21, 2020

Categorized
Arts & Culture

Tagged
Apocalyptic scenarios, Featured, post-apocalyptic, Science fiction, Video games}

Shelter in Place? Your Sci-Fi Video Game Binge List

_{You’ll never know where the long hours went, courtesy Sci-Fi Saturday at Mind Matters News} _{Adam Nieri

March 21, 2020

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Arts & Culture}

Has your ISP lifted bandwidth limits in your area due to thousands more Americans working from home? Great news for gamers too! Here’s my list of top-notch sci-fi apocalypse games.