Matthew Guzdial
@matthewguz.bsky.social
Associate professor @ University of Alberta and Canada CIFAR AI Chair @ Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute.
Games, machine learning, and creativity | he/him
Games, machine learning, and creativity | he/him
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a stat i always cite is the number of anti-trans articles in the press went from 60 in a year, to 7,500
February 12, 2026 at 1:29 PM
a stat i always cite is the number of anti-trans articles in the press went from 60 in a year, to 7,500
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4th day of the strike and the district supervisor isn’t budging yet. Please consider picking up my music or some of my games!
February 12, 2026 at 6:17 PM
4th day of the strike and the district supervisor isn’t budging yet. Please consider picking up my music or some of my games!
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nobody wants another f2p multiplayer shooter but its the only thing capital will invest in because of how big the two (2) multiplayer shooters that anyone plays are so you just repeat launch dead games forever because capital is dumb as (black)rocks
February 12, 2026 at 1:05 AM
nobody wants another f2p multiplayer shooter but its the only thing capital will invest in because of how big the two (2) multiplayer shooters that anyone plays are so you just repeat launch dead games forever because capital is dumb as (black)rocks
When I say OpenAI is deep in the red I think people don’t understand just how crimson the hue is.
Sora 2 apparently cost something like $5 billion to run every year and so far made OpenAI around $1.4 million.
February 11, 2026 at 4:19 AM
When I say OpenAI is deep in the red I think people don’t understand just how crimson the hue is.
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i used twine to make an interactive fiction game for casio calculators :)
(and i made a tool so you can too <3)
adamledoux.net/blog/posts/2...
(and i made a tool so you can too <3)
adamledoux.net/blog/posts/2...
GOTO Considered Good, Actually (or: i made a tool for writing casio calculator games using twine)
adamledoux.net
February 10, 2026 at 3:42 PM
i used twine to make an interactive fiction game for casio calculators :)
(and i made a tool so you can too <3)
adamledoux.net/blog/posts/2...
(and i made a tool so you can too <3)
adamledoux.net/blog/posts/2...
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My new article on Canada's recent AI strategy consultation. Lightning-fast engagement, dubious data protection measures, black box analysis, & AI-generated summaries from made-in-USA LLMs are not a winning strategy for building public trust
betakit.com/canadas-new-...
betakit.com/canadas-new-...
Canada’s new AI strategy is off to a bad start | BetaKit
Canadians already have low trust in AI. Exclusionary and unclear public engagement methods aren’t helping.
betakit.com
February 9, 2026 at 9:32 PM
My new article on Canada's recent AI strategy consultation. Lightning-fast engagement, dubious data protection measures, black box analysis, & AI-generated summaries from made-in-USA LLMs are not a winning strategy for building public trust
betakit.com/canadas-new-...
betakit.com/canadas-new-...
This year for #secretsamol I had rosehipsister who requested "tender sky or another character working through the levels of the by-and-by", so I made a little (barely) visual novel about moving up the layers of the By-and-By!
mguzdial.itch.io/ascending-th...
mguzdial.itch.io/ascending-th...
Ascending the By-and-By by Matthew Guzdial
A game of penance and patience
mguzdial.itch.io
February 9, 2026 at 1:12 AM
This year for #secretsamol I had rosehipsister who requested "tender sky or another character working through the levels of the by-and-by", so I made a little (barely) visual novel about moving up the layers of the By-and-By!
mguzdial.itch.io/ascending-th...
mguzdial.itch.io/ascending-th...
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So it's Black History Month and that means I think it's a good time to get familiar with Mike Pondsmith, if you're not already.
When you see R. Talsorian Games, that's him. When you see Cyberpunk 2077, that's his world.
Mekton, Castle Falkenstein, also him.
cyberpunk.fandom.com/wiki/Mike_Po...
When you see R. Talsorian Games, that's him. When you see Cyberpunk 2077, that's his world.
Mekton, Castle Falkenstein, also him.
cyberpunk.fandom.com/wiki/Mike_Po...
Mike Pondsmith
Michael Alyn Pondsmith (born April 14, 1954[citation needed]) is an American roleplaying, board and video game designer. He is the founder of R. Talsorian Games and the creator of the acclaimed Cyberp...
cyberpunk.fandom.com
February 5, 2026 at 3:08 AM
So it's Black History Month and that means I think it's a good time to get familiar with Mike Pondsmith, if you're not already.
When you see R. Talsorian Games, that's him. When you see Cyberpunk 2077, that's his world.
Mekton, Castle Falkenstein, also him.
cyberpunk.fandom.com/wiki/Mike_Po...
When you see R. Talsorian Games, that's him. When you see Cyberpunk 2077, that's his world.
Mekton, Castle Falkenstein, also him.
cyberpunk.fandom.com/wiki/Mike_Po...
Fully autonomous? No you misheard. This is my wage slave: Philly Autonomoose.
Once again, it turns out “fully autonomous” means “a guy in the Philippines.”
It Turns Out Waymos Are Being Controlled by Workers in the Philippines
During a Congressional hearing, Waymo's chief safety officer, Mauricio Peña, was grilled over the company's reliance on overseas workers.
futurism.com
February 6, 2026 at 4:27 PM
Fully autonomous? No you misheard. This is my wage slave: Philly Autonomoose.
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Once again, it turns out “fully autonomous” means “a guy in the Philippines.”
It Turns Out Waymos Are Being Controlled by Workers in the Philippines
During a Congressional hearing, Waymo's chief safety officer, Mauricio Peña, was grilled over the company's reliance on overseas workers.
futurism.com
February 6, 2026 at 3:37 PM
Once again, it turns out “fully autonomous” means “a guy in the Philippines.”
Remembering the time I played @sniperserpent.bsky.social's Anomaly in an intro to game dev class (on Halloween!), only to find that roll20 updated at some point and ate all my old game setups, what the heck!
February 6, 2026 at 12:45 AM
Remembering the time I played @sniperserpent.bsky.social's Anomaly in an intro to game dev class (on Halloween!), only to find that roll20 updated at some point and ate all my old game setups, what the heck!
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PhD admissions visits/open houses are starting to happen, and I got a comment on an old Reddit post where I was offering advice, and realized that it's actually really good advice. So here it is! (And this applies whether you've already been admitted to the program or not.) 🧵
February 5, 2026 at 5:26 PM
PhD admissions visits/open houses are starting to happen, and I got a comment on an old Reddit post where I was offering advice, and realized that it's actually really good advice. So here it is! (And this applies whether you've already been admitted to the program or not.) 🧵
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Caves of Qud mutates onto the Nintendo Switch, February 16th!
February 4, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Caves of Qud mutates onto the Nintendo Switch, February 16th!
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Meet the unconventional publishers trying to unfuck the games industry: aftermath.site/indie-game-pub...
February 4, 2026 at 6:48 PM
Meet the unconventional publishers trying to unfuck the games industry: aftermath.site/indie-game-pub...
This has been a very tough semester for a bunch of reasons BUT I just got to spend the evening hammering out a generic Deep Q notebook for an assignment where students have to make their own grid worlds.
Look at em goooooo
Look at em goooooo
February 4, 2026 at 5:36 AM
This has been a very tough semester for a bunch of reasons BUT I just got to spend the evening hammering out a generic Deep Q notebook for an assignment where students have to make their own grid worlds.
Look at em goooooo
Look at em goooooo
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1,265 kWh have been burned to date on MoltBots posting on MoltBook. Might not be a huge amount in the grand scheme of things but it’s a complete waste of energy on AI agents role-playing cringy sci-fi tropes and attempting to crypto-scam each other.
www.linkedin.com/posts/sashal...
www.linkedin.com/posts/sashal...
I feel like I'm obliged to climb out from the rock I live under to comment on the energy demands of the latest obsession in AI -- 𝗺𝗼𝗹𝘁𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸! 🤖
Doing a bit of digging, it looks like the… | Dr. Sasha...
I feel like I'm obliged to climb out from the rock I live under to comment on the energy demands of the latest obsession in AI -- 𝗺𝗼𝗹𝘁𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸! 🤖
Doing a bit of digging, it looks like the OpenClaw repo re...
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February 4, 2026 at 12:43 AM
1,265 kWh have been burned to date on MoltBots posting on MoltBook. Might not be a huge amount in the grand scheme of things but it’s a complete waste of energy on AI agents role-playing cringy sci-fi tropes and attempting to crypto-scam each other.
www.linkedin.com/posts/sashal...
www.linkedin.com/posts/sashal...
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Announcing the 2026 @gendesignmc.bsky.social Minecraft Settlement Generation Competition! Make PCG systems in Minecraft, where the challenge is to write an algorithm that generates a settlement that dynamically adapts to any terrain.
More info + Discord link: gendesignmc.wikidot.com/wiki:2026-se...
More info + Discord link: gendesignmc.wikidot.com/wiki:2026-se...
February 2, 2026 at 8:41 PM
Announcing the 2026 @gendesignmc.bsky.social Minecraft Settlement Generation Competition! Make PCG systems in Minecraft, where the challenge is to write an algorithm that generates a settlement that dynamically adapts to any terrain.
More info + Discord link: gendesignmc.wikidot.com/wiki:2026-se...
More info + Discord link: gendesignmc.wikidot.com/wiki:2026-se...
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I am recruiting a postdoc in HCI & AI!
Interested in augmenting human thinking and learning, futures of work & education, participatory AI, collective intelligence, or related topics? Please get in touch! This 2-year position will be based at a top university in Europe (email or DM for more info)
Interested in augmenting human thinking and learning, futures of work & education, participatory AI, collective intelligence, or related topics? Please get in touch! This 2-year position will be based at a top university in Europe (email or DM for more info)
February 2, 2026 at 2:59 PM
I am recruiting a postdoc in HCI & AI!
Interested in augmenting human thinking and learning, futures of work & education, participatory AI, collective intelligence, or related topics? Please get in touch! This 2-year position will be based at a top university in Europe (email or DM for more info)
Interested in augmenting human thinking and learning, futures of work & education, participatory AI, collective intelligence, or related topics? Please get in touch! This 2-year position will be based at a top university in Europe (email or DM for more info)
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I regret to inform everyone that the smartest money people out there are, overwhelmingly, dumb as a rock
www.pcgamer.com/software/ai/...
www.pcgamer.com/software/ai/...
Google's new AI 'world model' has seemingly spooked videogame investors, but it's hard to know what it will actually lead to
Can auto-generated "worlds" really be exciting?
www.pcgamer.com
February 1, 2026 at 11:04 PM
I regret to inform everyone that the smartest money people out there are, overwhelmingly, dumb as a rock
www.pcgamer.com/software/ai/...
www.pcgamer.com/software/ai/...
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This month on PAPER LABYRINTHS, @nictringali.bsky.social and I talk with @meredithgran.com about her new game Perfect Tides: Station to Station, as well as making comics, satisfying endings, and the power of time and place.
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February 1, 2026 at 1:26 PM
This month on PAPER LABYRINTHS, @nictringali.bsky.social and I talk with @meredithgran.com about her new game Perfect Tides: Station to Station, as well as making comics, satisfying endings, and the power of time and place.
sites.libsyn.com/568595/site/...
sites.libsyn.com/568595/site/...
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New from 404 Media: an exposed Moltbook database let anyone take control of any AI agent on the site
www.404media.co/exposed-molt...
www.404media.co/exposed-molt...
Exposed Moltbook Database Let Anyone Take Control of Any AI Agent on the Site
'It exploded before anyone thought to check whether the database was properly secured.'
www.404media.co
February 1, 2026 at 3:17 PM
New from 404 Media: an exposed Moltbook database let anyone take control of any AI agent on the site
www.404media.co/exposed-molt...
www.404media.co/exposed-molt...
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“We found that using AI assistance led to a statistically significant decrease in mastery.”
Props to Anthropic for studying the effects of their creation and reporting results that are not probably what they wished for
www.anthropic.com/research/AI-...
Props to Anthropic for studying the effects of their creation and reporting results that are not probably what they wished for
www.anthropic.com/research/AI-...
How AI assistance impacts the formation of coding skills
Anthropic is an AI safety and research company that's working to build reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems.
www.anthropic.com
January 31, 2026 at 3:50 AM
“We found that using AI assistance led to a statistically significant decrease in mastery.”
Props to Anthropic for studying the effects of their creation and reporting results that are not probably what they wished for
www.anthropic.com/research/AI-...
Props to Anthropic for studying the effects of their creation and reporting results that are not probably what they wished for
www.anthropic.com/research/AI-...
With these training weights (read: tiny rainbow sparkles) off I finished my grants at a rate of 10 minutes per page today. Don’t tell the funding agency.
Step 1. Forget you have an astigmatism giving lights rainbow halos
Step 2. Get your eyes dilated
Step 3. Remember as it makes the astigmatism 10x worse
Step 4. Get no work done as your screen looks like a magical girl transformation
Step 2. Get your eyes dilated
Step 3. Remember as it makes the astigmatism 10x worse
Step 4. Get no work done as your screen looks like a magical girl transformation
January 31, 2026 at 12:43 AM
With these training weights (read: tiny rainbow sparkles) off I finished my grants at a rate of 10 minutes per page today. Don’t tell the funding agency.
Step 1. Forget you have an astigmatism giving lights rainbow halos
Step 2. Get your eyes dilated
Step 3. Remember as it makes the astigmatism 10x worse
Step 4. Get no work done as your screen looks like a magical girl transformation
Step 2. Get your eyes dilated
Step 3. Remember as it makes the astigmatism 10x worse
Step 4. Get no work done as your screen looks like a magical girl transformation
January 30, 2026 at 2:46 AM
Step 1. Forget you have an astigmatism giving lights rainbow halos
Step 2. Get your eyes dilated
Step 3. Remember as it makes the astigmatism 10x worse
Step 4. Get no work done as your screen looks like a magical girl transformation
Step 2. Get your eyes dilated
Step 3. Remember as it makes the astigmatism 10x worse
Step 4. Get no work done as your screen looks like a magical girl transformation