Luke Dicken
@luked.bsky.social
Head of AI for Take Two Interactive. Doctor of Game AI (from before the techbros moved in I swear). Dog dad, pitmaster, D&D-holic. 🏴 in 🇺🇸
It must have been around 1997. I vaguely remember picking up Portal, a 5th edition set and the PC game around the same time (all released '97). That was my hyperfixation for the next few years all set 😁
Never would have guessed I'd be back thinking about it nearly 30yrs later!
Never would have guessed I'd be back thinking about it nearly 30yrs later!
November 15, 2025 at 9:58 PM
It must have been around 1997. I vaguely remember picking up Portal, a 5th edition set and the PC game around the same time (all released '97). That was my hyperfixation for the next few years all set 😁
Never would have guessed I'd be back thinking about it nearly 30yrs later!
Never would have guessed I'd be back thinking about it nearly 30yrs later!
Leaving @aiide.bsky.social this year with a full heart and a fizzing brain. So truly blessed to get to be part of this community. Here's to another 20 years ❤️
Huge shout out to @matthewguz.bsky.social and team for excellent organization!
Huge shout out to @matthewguz.bsky.social and team for excellent organization!
November 15, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Leaving @aiide.bsky.social this year with a full heart and a fizzing brain. So truly blessed to get to be part of this community. Here's to another 20 years ❤️
Huge shout out to @matthewguz.bsky.social and team for excellent organization!
Huge shout out to @matthewguz.bsky.social and team for excellent organization!
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#AIIDE25 wrapped! Thanks to everyone who made this year’s @aiide.bsky.social such a success. We’ll be back soon with announcements for ’26’s location and call, plus the ‘25 recordings. But for now I’m going to turn off my brain for 48 hours.
November 15, 2025 at 12:40 AM
#AIIDE25 wrapped! Thanks to everyone who made this year’s @aiide.bsky.social such a success. We’ll be back soon with announcements for ’26’s location and call, plus the ‘25 recordings. But for now I’m going to turn off my brain for 48 hours.
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What if we shoved a hand up every corpse's arse so we could make them into our ventriloquist puppets
You fucking ghouls
You truly incomprehensibly evil sociopaths
There isn't a level of hell bad enough for these people to rot in forever
You fucking ghouls
You truly incomprehensibly evil sociopaths
There isn't a level of hell bad enough for these people to rot in forever
November 14, 2025 at 5:34 PM
What if we shoved a hand up every corpse's arse so we could make them into our ventriloquist puppets
You fucking ghouls
You truly incomprehensibly evil sociopaths
There isn't a level of hell bad enough for these people to rot in forever
You fucking ghouls
You truly incomprehensibly evil sociopaths
There isn't a level of hell bad enough for these people to rot in forever
Dungeons AND Dragons?
In this economy????
In this economy????
November 14, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Dungeons AND Dragons?
In this economy????
In this economy????
What if we shoved a hand up every corpse's arse so we could make them into our ventriloquist puppets
You fucking ghouls
You truly incomprehensibly evil sociopaths
There isn't a level of hell bad enough for these people to rot in forever
You fucking ghouls
You truly incomprehensibly evil sociopaths
There isn't a level of hell bad enough for these people to rot in forever
November 14, 2025 at 5:34 PM
What if we shoved a hand up every corpse's arse so we could make them into our ventriloquist puppets
You fucking ghouls
You truly incomprehensibly evil sociopaths
There isn't a level of hell bad enough for these people to rot in forever
You fucking ghouls
You truly incomprehensibly evil sociopaths
There isn't a level of hell bad enough for these people to rot in forever
If you're going to show up at an academic conference espousing techbro nonsense confrontationally and being disrespectful...
Don't?
Cos I can find your CEO and your investors and make damned sure they know how disappointed I was at how their company's reps were conducting themselves
Don't?
Cos I can find your CEO and your investors and make damned sure they know how disappointed I was at how their company's reps were conducting themselves
November 12, 2025 at 5:10 PM
If you're going to show up at an academic conference espousing techbro nonsense confrontationally and being disrespectful...
Don't?
Cos I can find your CEO and your investors and make damned sure they know how disappointed I was at how their company's reps were conducting themselves
Don't?
Cos I can find your CEO and your investors and make damned sure they know how disappointed I was at how their company's reps were conducting themselves
It was a genuine honor to sit and listen to this
I was so so happy to give an invited talk today at EXAG, a workshop I co-founded over ten years ago! It was quite a personal talk about how research communities grow and change (and die sometimes), what generative AI means for our community today, and the value of weird, pointless research.
Starting off Day 2 of EXAG with Mike Cook's @mtrc.bsky.social amazingly titled keynote 'Being Weird at the End of the World'. Really looking forward to this talk!
November 11, 2025 at 6:26 PM
It was a genuine honor to sit and listen to this
We're in Edmonton Alberta. This is redundant
November 11, 2025 at 3:21 AM
We're in Edmonton Alberta. This is redundant
Like I don't know what the fuck we're doing anymore.
November 10, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Like I don't know what the fuck we're doing anymore.
If they just roll over what the fuck was the point of any of this? You could have rolled over forty fucking days ago and achieved exactly the same thing without the chaos.
These goddamned centrists and their insistence on snatching defeat from the jaws of victory
These goddamned centrists and their insistence on snatching defeat from the jaws of victory
November 9, 2025 at 11:54 PM
If they just roll over what the fuck was the point of any of this? You could have rolled over forty fucking days ago and achieved exactly the same thing without the chaos.
These goddamned centrists and their insistence on snatching defeat from the jaws of victory
These goddamned centrists and their insistence on snatching defeat from the jaws of victory
It's going to be great to see folks at AIIDE this week but Jesus fuck week 4 off this trip and I kinda just want to go straight home if I'm honest
4 week work trip is too long
4 week work trip is too long
November 9, 2025 at 1:42 PM
It's going to be great to see folks at AIIDE this week but Jesus fuck week 4 off this trip and I kinda just want to go straight home if I'm honest
4 week work trip is too long
4 week work trip is too long
I wish I was in the tax bracket my ad algorithm thinks I'm in
November 8, 2025 at 8:05 PM
I wish I was in the tax bracket my ad algorithm thinks I'm in
Starting week 4 of a carry-on only road trip and let me tell you: nail clippers are very underrated
November 8, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Starting week 4 of a carry-on only road trip and let me tell you: nail clippers are very underrated
V for Vendetta getting a theatre rerelease for it's 20th anniversary feels like a bold choice in the current climate. Good. But bold.
November 6, 2025 at 2:03 PM
V for Vendetta getting a theatre rerelease for it's 20th anniversary feels like a bold choice in the current climate. Good. But bold.
Ahhhh!!! It's 10pm and I've already gotten better sleep tonight than I did the last few nights 🥳
November 6, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Ahhhh!!! It's 10pm and I've already gotten better sleep tonight than I did the last few nights 🥳
I have officially entered another country using my American passport so I guess they didn't make a mistake or anything.
Also - hi Toronto!
Also - hi Toronto!
November 4, 2025 at 1:27 AM
I have officially entered another country using my American passport so I guess they didn't make a mistake or anything.
Also - hi Toronto!
Also - hi Toronto!
I tried to use the MGM Resorts digital concierge (GenAI bullshit) twice for what ought to be very very basic support questions (laundry service info and verifying checkout time)
It didn't work for either. It hallucinated links. It provided literally no information. It was, in a word, useless.
It didn't work for either. It hallucinated links. It provided literally no information. It was, in a word, useless.
November 3, 2025 at 11:31 PM
I tried to use the MGM Resorts digital concierge (GenAI bullshit) twice for what ought to be very very basic support questions (laundry service info and verifying checkout time)
It didn't work for either. It hallucinated links. It provided literally no information. It was, in a word, useless.
It didn't work for either. It hallucinated links. It provided literally no information. It was, in a word, useless.
People in the replies posting unhinged flavor combos but all I want is salt and vinegar. No, more than that. No, more than that. I want a salt and vinegar so salty and so vinegary that if I poured salt and vinegar in a bag by itself, it would be less salt and vinegary than these chips
Fuck me up.
Fuck me up.
it's so crazy we don't have a coke freestyle type of machine but for chip flavors. in some ways we're still basically living in the stone age
November 3, 2025 at 2:19 AM
People in the replies posting unhinged flavor combos but all I want is salt and vinegar. No, more than that. No, more than that. I want a salt and vinegar so salty and so vinegary that if I poured salt and vinegar in a bag by itself, it would be less salt and vinegary than these chips
Fuck me up.
Fuck me up.
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it's so crazy we don't have a coke freestyle type of machine but for chip flavors. in some ways we're still basically living in the stone age
November 2, 2025 at 10:50 PM
it's so crazy we don't have a coke freestyle type of machine but for chip flavors. in some ways we're still basically living in the stone age
Thank you
Listen I don't super care who wins but I have to be downtown in Toronto next week and don't want to deal with a fucking parade so could LA get their shit together please and also I probably do care actually sorry
November 2, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Thank you
Why what game are y'all watching tonight?
Floor seats to see my favorite comedians play my favorite game with one of my favorite people ❤️
Floor seats to see my favorite comedians play my favorite game with one of my favorite people ❤️
November 2, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Why what game are y'all watching tonight?
Floor seats to see my favorite comedians play my favorite game with one of my favorite people ❤️
Floor seats to see my favorite comedians play my favorite game with one of my favorite people ❤️
Listen I don't super care who wins but I have to be downtown in Toronto next week and don't want to deal with a fucking parade so could LA get their shit together please and also I probably do care actually sorry
November 2, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Listen I don't super care who wins but I have to be downtown in Toronto next week and don't want to deal with a fucking parade so could LA get their shit together please and also I probably do care actually sorry
T-12hrs. Can't! Wait!
🚀 THE BALL IS ROLLING UP!
Get your tickets now to see Dimension 20 Live: Viva Más Vegas TONIGHT at the MGM Grand!
#Dimension20
Get your tickets now to see Dimension 20 Live: Viva Más Vegas TONIGHT at the MGM Grand!
#Dimension20
November 1, 2025 at 3:12 PM
T-12hrs. Can't! Wait!
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look it’s fine to be old but you just can’t let them light you like that in public if you’re a sex pest
November 1, 2025 at 12:33 AM
look it’s fine to be old but you just can’t let them light you like that in public if you’re a sex pest