Annabel
@annabelblake.bsky.social
They/Them 🌱 AI PhD Candidate @Usyd 📚Principal AI design research @canva 🚀 kidslit author 📖Ex: @google Creative Lab &
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🤖 Is your teen talking to AI characters? Do you know 'who' these characters are? I was unsurprised to learn that 37% of parents whose teens use conversational AI...had no idea. I suspect that number is higher when it comes to platforms like Character.ai
bigkidlab.substack.com/p/sorry-hone...
bigkidlab.substack.com/p/sorry-hone...
'Sorry honey, your BFF is dead'; How Should We Talk to Children About the 'Death' of Their AI Companions?
🌱 A light research note on the downfall of Moxie, and ideas around the right to reanimate and digital grief narratives
bigkidlab.substack.com
January 6, 2025 at 9:28 AM
🤖 Is your teen talking to AI characters? Do you know 'who' these characters are? I was unsurprised to learn that 37% of parents whose teens use conversational AI...had no idea. I suspect that number is higher when it comes to platforms like Character.ai
bigkidlab.substack.com/p/sorry-hone...
bigkidlab.substack.com/p/sorry-hone...
Ok but why the bags gotta have more fun getting to the tarmac than I do...🛝 I'll take the slide, thanks.
December 22, 2024 at 1:27 AM
Ok but why the bags gotta have more fun getting to the tarmac than I do...🛝 I'll take the slide, thanks.
I'm in Japan 🇯🇵 looking for #tabletopgame recommendations!
So far, I have Kappa Bros, and a few others from @itten-games.bsky.social
I'm also looking for Ryuutama (in English) 👀
Any recs?
So far, I have Kappa Bros, and a few others from @itten-games.bsky.social
I'm also looking for Ryuutama (in English) 👀
Any recs?
December 4, 2024 at 12:04 AM
I'm in Japan 🇯🇵 looking for #tabletopgame recommendations!
So far, I have Kappa Bros, and a few others from @itten-games.bsky.social
I'm also looking for Ryuutama (in English) 👀
Any recs?
So far, I have Kappa Bros, and a few others from @itten-games.bsky.social
I'm also looking for Ryuutama (in English) 👀
Any recs?
Perfection. As always.
🐟 some musings on how we might use LLMs
🐠 to interact with text at multiple levels of abstraction
🐡 inspired by the fish-eye lens
🐠 to interact with text at multiple levels of abstraction
🐡 inspired by the fish-eye lens
December 3, 2024 at 11:59 PM
Perfection. As always.
Reposted by Annabel
All you need to know about how much the government actually understands youth online safety: Apparently YouTube is "primarily for the purposes of education and health support"
www.pm.gov.au/media/social...
www.pm.gov.au/media/social...
www.pm.gov.au
November 28, 2024 at 9:56 PM
All you need to know about how much the government actually understands youth online safety: Apparently YouTube is "primarily for the purposes of education and health support"
www.pm.gov.au/media/social...
www.pm.gov.au/media/social...
👋 New here! Looking for my peeps, those who also love:
🧙 Cosy Fantasy (like legends and lattes)
🐣 Kids Lit & indie graphic novels (the ghost book, last chance to find duke)
🛝 Urban design for kids (Noguchi playmountain)
🧝♀️ Friendly > combat RPG's (like Ryuutama)
👾 Creative technologists!
🧙 Cosy Fantasy (like legends and lattes)
🐣 Kids Lit & indie graphic novels (the ghost book, last chance to find duke)
🛝 Urban design for kids (Noguchi playmountain)
🧝♀️ Friendly > combat RPG's (like Ryuutama)
👾 Creative technologists!
November 18, 2024 at 8:23 AM
👋 New here! Looking for my peeps, those who also love:
🧙 Cosy Fantasy (like legends and lattes)
🐣 Kids Lit & indie graphic novels (the ghost book, last chance to find duke)
🛝 Urban design for kids (Noguchi playmountain)
🧝♀️ Friendly > combat RPG's (like Ryuutama)
👾 Creative technologists!
🧙 Cosy Fantasy (like legends and lattes)
🐣 Kids Lit & indie graphic novels (the ghost book, last chance to find duke)
🛝 Urban design for kids (Noguchi playmountain)
🧝♀️ Friendly > combat RPG's (like Ryuutama)
👾 Creative technologists!
Reposted by Annabel
I got asked why I included Mario Tennis on Game Boy Colour in my list of favourite games so dedicated this recent newsletter to answering the question: ‘Does the game still hold up?’ (Answer: sort of). Dissecting a game like this provides interesting lessons for a #gamedev like me
#nintendo
#nintendo
Is Mario Tennis (Game Boy Colour) what I thought it was as a child?
I look critically at my favourite childhood game over 20 years on...
haikeybuild.substack.com
November 16, 2024 at 3:43 AM
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good for him! work-life balance is so important
November 18, 2024 at 2:58 AM
good for him! work-life balance is so important