Matthew Guzdial

Tired of AI hype but interested in reading about how machine learning (generative AI if you like) can be used to generate content in games? Well do I have the book for you!

I'm not here anymore, but if you're interested in #AIIDE25 I strongly recommend the blue site and my PhD student Emily Halina's live posting of it!

You can make some pretty fun things with it! Thanks to TWOSE for having me as their Science Fellow for 2025! Github link: github.com/mguzdial3/Cube…

Today I spent a few hours at TELUS World of Science - Edmonton for Canada Day/TWOSE's birthday so I threw together this little procedural cube world generator + preference "learning" last night. Recorded a quick video and put it on GitHub for the curious. youtu.be/Oe_QXHknl5o

@scyrusk @cmuhcii Congratulations! 🎉🎉

As of today, I am officially Associate Professor* at @cmuhcii. Surreal — I was out of my depth when I started. Couldn't have done it without my incredible students — the true brains of the operation — and the support of my mentors. Thank you all! * not yet tenured, because CMU

@jb03hf Thanks friend! I think we’re okay now though (I’m on X rarely so I only saw this after I increased the size of the PC by 40%)

@MatthewGuz Let me know if you need some reviews.

We’re extending the AIIDE deadline! Partially due to author requests, partially due to a significant increase in submissions meaning I need to increase the PC!

After literal years of being down due to security issues, my blog is now back up, including my one post on "How to Write an AIIDE Paper" guzdial.com/blog/how-to-wr…

looks really cool! cognitive scientists should especially pay attention to this we can now procedurally generate environments. will be key for scaling up complexity of experimental designs while maintaining experimental control! see arxiv.org/abs/2502.20349 for discussion!

Exciting to announce that the second edition of the PCGML textbook by Sam Snodgrass, Adam Summerville and myself is online! This version is a major update of the first, with a new chapter on GenAI and updates on the last two years of research. link.springer.com/book/10.1007/9…

“I want to empower people to be able to make games on their own.” says @MatthewGuz How can #AI help? It can generate text and images, so why not entire games? Read my story for @SN_Explores snexplores.org/article/ai-mak…

Very excited to host AIIDE this year, I'd strongly encourage anyone interested in AI and games to submit work and attend!

We are very pleased to announce that AIIDE'25 will be back at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada from November 10-14! Paper deadline June 21 AOE. Join us with your work at the intersection of AI and Digital Entertainment! (link in reply)

Heads up, I am making X write only and only for major announcements. I just can't stand to enrich X's owner with my eyes/clicks. I'm on bsky as matthewguz

The Narrative Intelligence folks should probably be checking out Realis. It is basically narrative planning as a tabletop roleplaying system. rascal.news/realis-ditches…

𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗔𝗜’𝘀 𝗔𝗜 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗹 ‘𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸𝘀’ 𝗶𝗻 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗻𝗼 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝘆 Matthew Guzdial explains that reasoning models do not know what language is. Shortly after OpenAI released o1, its first “reasoning” AI model, people began noting a curious phenomenon. The model would sometimes begin “thinking” in Chinese, Persian, or some other language — even when asked a question in English #UAlberta #ArtificialIntelligence #MachineLearning #AIResearch #Science #Technology #Innovation tcrn.ch/4aqKkPi

Congratulations to the newly Dr. Athar Mahmoudi-Nejad for passing her thesis defence!

Registration closes tomorrow for AI Ethics 2 on Jan 16! Gain the skills and tools to identify and navigate challenges around responsible AI deployment. Register now: hubs.la/Q02_-n5N0 #AIEthics #Governance #CanTech

New profile picture! And I should say I'm barely on here anymore. I'll still post for major new updates, but if you'd like to follow me I'm more active on bsky matthewguz.bsky.social

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@togelius Congratulations Julian, well deserved!

For I'm a jolly good fellow, for I'm a jolly good fellow, for I'm a jolly good fe-ellow... so say I-triple-E!