#022 - We Made a Conference!?!

08/19/24 • 62 min

After a summer hiatus the Branching Factor podcast is back! Sorry, I don't think we mentioned we were going talking a break, but hey - here we are!

Tommy fills you in on his travels, the work he's been up to, the stack of episodes we have coming up with some guests. But critically Tommy and George sit down to talk about an event they've put together with a group of friends and colleagues: the 2024 AI and Games Conference! Let's get into the origins of it, how we've set it up, why we think it's needed and more.

Find out more about the event and grab tickets at:

http://www.aiandgamesconference.com

Plus read up on the origins and particulars of the event on Substack:

https://www.aiandgames.com/p/introducing-the-ai-and-games-conference

Check out all of our content:

AI and Games on Substack with new content weekly: http://www.aiandgames.com

AI and Games: http://www.youtube.com/@AIandGames

AI and Games Plus: http://www.youtube.com/@AIandGamesPlus

Branching Factor Podcast: https://shows.acast.com/branchingfactor

Livestreams on Twitch: http://www.twitch.tv/aiandgames

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After a summer hiatus the Branching Factor podcast is back! Sorry, I don't think we mentioned we were going talking a break, but hey - here we are!

Find out more about the event and grab tickets at:

http://www.aiandgamesconference.com

Plus read up on the origins and particulars of the event on Substack:

https://www.aiandgames.com/p/introducing-the-ai-and-games-conference

Check out all of our content:

AI and Games on Substack with new content weekly: http://www.aiandgames.com

AI and Games: http://www.youtube.com/@AIandGames

AI and Games Plus: http://www.youtube.com/@AIandGamesPlus

Branching Factor Podcast: https://shows.acast.com/branchingfactor

Livestreams on Twitch: http://www.twitch.tv/aiandgames

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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#021 - Goal State Announcement Q'n'A

Last week Tommy announced his new project 'Goal State', a series of online courses designed to teach people about AI for video games. It's going live on Kickstarter later this year, Here's Tommy replaying the livestream QnA hosted last week that answered as many answers as he could on the subject at this time.

Follow 'Goal State' on Kickstarter at:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/aiandgames/goalstate

You can find out more about Goal State at:

https://www.aiandgames.com/p/introducing-goal-state

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Next Episode

#023 - The 2024 GDMC Competition

Tommy is joined by Dr Christoph Salge and Victoire Herve from the University of Hertfordshire to talk about the 7th annual Generative Design in Minecraft Competition - an event where participants write AI systems to build settlements in Minecraft. We discuss how the project has continued to grow and persist for this long, the community that has thrived around it, and the big challenges still left to face in Minecraft settlement generation.

Find out more about the GDMC by visiting:

https://gendesignmc.wikidot.com/wiki:2024-settlement-generation-competition

Check out all of our content:

AI and Games on Substack with new content weekly: http://www.aiandgames.com

AI and Games: http://www.youtube.com/@AIandGames

AI and Games Plus: http://www.youtube.com/@AIandGamesPlus

Branching Factor Podcast: https://shows.acast.com/branchingfactor

Livestreams on Twitch: http://www.twitch.tv/aiandgames

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