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David Burden
@davidburden.bsky.social
Independent consultant on AI, metaverse & wargaming. Series co-editor "The Metaverse Series" and co-author "Virtual Humans". Series info at https://metaverseseries.blogspot.com/. TEDx speaker on Digital Immortality. Also @urbanwargamer.bsky.social.
I was interviewed on Monday by Jillian Godsil for Dublin City FM. The talk is mainly around virtual humans and digital amortality, but also touches on some metaverse issues.

You can find a link to the radio programme, and a text version of the interview at: jilliangodsil.com/talking-to-v...
July 23, 2025 at 9:17 AM
I'm being interviewed on Dublin City FM at midday today on virtual humans by author and journalist Jillian Godsill www.mixcloud.com/1032DublinCi... #virtualhumans #digitalimmortality
July 21, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Closing slide from the New Scientist Consciousness event, very apposite given our work on the Sensay Wisdom Engine!
April 26, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Fascinating stuff on day-dreaming and mind-wandering and the Default Mode Network - an area I’ve always been interested in trying to get into a bot/AI - this might finally give me an in to it
April 26, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Nice graphic on the build up of simple episodic memories into complex episodic memories from Catherine Loveday, UoWestminster
April 26, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Down in London for the @newscientist.com Instant Expert day of talks on Consciousness #AI #Consciousness
April 26, 2025 at 9:06 AM
The Military Metaverse book that Andy Fawkes & I have co-written is now up on the Taylor & Francis website. Details at www.routledge.com/The-Military.... Pre-orders open 10 April, delivers from 1 May. Series details at themetaverseseries.info #metaverse
February 25, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Three better avatars for the characters in the build - Mary Shelley (shortage of period long dresses in ReadyPlayerMe!), Victor Frankenstein and the Creature/Monster. Less than an hour to set all 3 up, complete with RPM design, AI prompts and some source text. A democratic #Metaverse. #FrameVR
January 21, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Having fun setting up a space in #FrameVR ready for a new project next month. Like the AI NPCs that are embedded in their now. They could do with a few more big open space environments though - who needs walls and roofs in the metaverse! #metaverse
January 21, 2025 at 12:08 PM