Stephen Ware
@sgware.bsky.social
I run the Narrative Intelligence Lab at U Kentucky where I do research and teach about storytelling, old school symbolic AI, and game dev. http://cs.uky.edu/~sgware
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Stephen Ware
@sgware.bsky.social
· Nov 22
Hi new followers! I do research on (oldschool symbolic) AI for interactive stories that need to rewrite themselves as you play. We use them for games and training simulations.
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I must not cheer.
Cheer is the mind-killer.
Cheer is the little-death that brings festive obliteration.
I will face cheer.
I will permit it to pass over me and through me.
Where the cheer has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.
Cheer is the mind-killer.
Cheer is the little-death that brings festive obliteration.
I will face cheer.
I will permit it to pass over me and through me.
Where the cheer has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.
December 25, 2025 at 2:42 AM
I must not cheer.
Cheer is the mind-killer.
Cheer is the little-death that brings festive obliteration.
I will face cheer.
I will permit it to pass over me and through me.
Where the cheer has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.
Cheer is the mind-killer.
Cheer is the little-death that brings festive obliteration.
I will face cheer.
I will permit it to pass over me and through me.
Where the cheer has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.
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The oceans are nothing but snowman blood.
December 22, 2024 at 9:16 PM
The oceans are nothing but snowman blood.
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this is not behavior becoming of a FIFA Peace Prize recipient.
December 15, 2025 at 8:18 PM
this is not behavior becoming of a FIFA Peace Prize recipient.
At a time when Hollywood will do literally anything for easy money, how has nobody convinced Brian Henson to make more Muppet movies?
They would be like the Disney live action remakes, except Millennials would watch them voluntarily.
They would be like the Disney live action remakes, except Millennials would watch them voluntarily.
December 15, 2025 at 12:20 AM
At a time when Hollywood will do literally anything for easy money, how has nobody convinced Brian Henson to make more Muppet movies?
They would be like the Disney live action remakes, except Millennials would watch them voluntarily.
They would be like the Disney live action remakes, except Millennials would watch them voluntarily.
I used to have a handful of fun little examples of easy ways to break language models. A common one was "How many times does the letter R appear in the word 'strawberry'?"
That no longer works, but with a little pushing, you can still make it work:
chatgpt.com/share/693f1f...
That no longer works, but with a little pushing, you can still make it work:
chatgpt.com/share/693f1f...
ChatGPT - Strawberries in letters
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chatgpt.com
December 14, 2025 at 8:38 PM
I used to have a handful of fun little examples of easy ways to break language models. A common one was "How many times does the letter R appear in the word 'strawberry'?"
That no longer works, but with a little pushing, you can still make it work:
chatgpt.com/share/693f1f...
That no longer works, but with a little pushing, you can still make it work:
chatgpt.com/share/693f1f...
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More ideas. We’re not going to run out of ideas but generative AI is a tool for people who don’t want to be involved in the step between idea and art. People whose own ideas will never evolve or become more complex because they don’t actually want to interact with or examine them.
December 14, 2025 at 1:34 PM
More ideas. We’re not going to run out of ideas but generative AI is a tool for people who don’t want to be involved in the step between idea and art. People whose own ideas will never evolve or become more complex because they don’t actually want to interact with or examine them.
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Everyone is getting upset about the data centers. They pollute a lot and use a lot of energy and will eventually be very ugly/huge vacant buildings. And I understand being mad about that. Until you consider the state of the lazer tag industry at this moment, and how much help that sector needs.
December 1, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Everyone is getting upset about the data centers. They pollute a lot and use a lot of energy and will eventually be very ugly/huge vacant buildings. And I understand being mad about that. Until you consider the state of the lazer tag industry at this moment, and how much help that sector needs.
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"YOU CANNOT COOK A DISH SO GOOD IT FORCES DINERS TO HAVE GOOD TABLE MANNERS"
is such a nice way to express "You cannot fix social problems with techological solutions", communicated in such a fluent way.
This is such a good post, I wanted to share it with you.
is such a nice way to express "You cannot fix social problems with techological solutions", communicated in such a fluent way.
This is such a good post, I wanted to share it with you.
November 30, 2025 at 1:26 PM
"YOU CANNOT COOK A DISH SO GOOD IT FORCES DINERS TO HAVE GOOD TABLE MANNERS"
is such a nice way to express "You cannot fix social problems with techological solutions", communicated in such a fluent way.
This is such a good post, I wanted to share it with you.
is such a nice way to express "You cannot fix social problems with techological solutions", communicated in such a fluent way.
This is such a good post, I wanted to share it with you.
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I have a sort of similar idea….
November 30, 2025 at 2:14 PM
I have a sort of similar idea….
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Added a bidet to the bathroom remodel and now I'm over butt jet
November 29, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Added a bidet to the bathroom remodel and now I'm over butt jet
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I wasn't sure what I wanted to do when I got to college, and figured knowing how to program would probably be helpful for any career, and then I stayed for a PhD.
November 23, 2025 at 12:29 AM
I wasn't sure what I wanted to do when I got to college, and figured knowing how to program would probably be helpful for any career, and then I stayed for a PhD.
Hi new followers! I do research on (oldschool symbolic) AI for interactive stories that need to rewrite themselves as you play. We use them for games and training simulations.
November 22, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Hi new followers! I do research on (oldschool symbolic) AI for interactive stories that need to rewrite themselves as you play. We use them for games and training simulations.
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In a way Trump and Mamdani are similar. They are both populists fighting against the elite, it's just who they see as "the elite" differs.
Mamdani sees the elite as the billionaires who control the economic, political, and social systems of society.
Trump sees the elite as people who read books.
Mamdani sees the elite as the billionaires who control the economic, political, and social systems of society.
Trump sees the elite as people who read books.
November 22, 2025 at 12:18 AM
In a way Trump and Mamdani are similar. They are both populists fighting against the elite, it's just who they see as "the elite" differs.
Mamdani sees the elite as the billionaires who control the economic, political, and social systems of society.
Trump sees the elite as people who read books.
Mamdani sees the elite as the billionaires who control the economic, political, and social systems of society.
Trump sees the elite as people who read books.
I finally got around to porting my CV from a mess of a Word document I started as a grad student into a nice LaTeX document. Feel free to steal the template if you like it.
github.com/sgware/cv
github.com/sgware/cv
November 20, 2025 at 9:46 PM
I finally got around to porting my CV from a mess of a Word document I started as a grad student into a nice LaTeX document. Feel free to steal the template if you like it.
github.com/sgware/cv
github.com/sgware/cv
Republic of Pirates by Colin Woodard
Ok BlueSky: what are your favorite history books in terms of sheer page-turning, narrative propulsion? Thinking along the line of Killers of the Flower Moon, etc. Nonfiction chronicles that read like novels or movies.
November 20, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Republic of Pirates by Colin Woodard
There needs to be a button for "automatically pre-order anything @zachweinersmith.bsky.social releases."
New Book Day! Please tell the world. Read a comic about it here: www.smbc-comics.com/comic/sawyer...
Or if you just want to buy it: us.macmillan.com/books/978037...
Thanks everyone! It took me over a year to write, but I think you and/or your kid(s) will have many laughs together.
Or if you just want to buy it: us.macmillan.com/books/978037...
Thanks everyone! It took me over a year to write, but I think you and/or your kid(s) will have many laughs together.
November 16, 2025 at 10:20 PM
There needs to be a button for "automatically pre-order anything @zachweinersmith.bsky.social releases."
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Is detecting and pruning duplicate states in a narrative planning context worth it? Stephen Ware says yes! An interesting problem given the cyclical concept of "belief" that characters within the planning domain have. I liked the evaluation using the existing Sabre benchmarks here!
November 12, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Is detecting and pruning duplicate states in a narrative planning context worth it? Stephen Ware says yes! An interesting problem given the cyclical concept of "belief" that characters within the planning domain have. I liked the evaluation using the existing Sabre benchmarks here!
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Phenomenal showing by the Narrative Intelligence Lab at #AIIDE25! @sgware.bsky.social, Molly Siler, Gage Birchmeier, and Lasantha Senanayake presented a bevy of interesting research talks on interactive narrative. It's particularly exciting to see where the DC scholars are headed!
November 12, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Phenomenal showing by the Narrative Intelligence Lab at #AIIDE25! @sgware.bsky.social, Molly Siler, Gage Birchmeier, and Lasantha Senanayake presented a bevy of interesting research talks on interactive narrative. It's particularly exciting to see where the DC scholars are headed!
November 12, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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why do we allow private equity in our society? it's obviously bad for everyone in the world except the people doing it. it should be illegal like fraud
Is this good? It doesn't seem good.
"Walgreens will no longer give many of its retail workers paid vacation time for Thanksgiving, Christmas and other major holidays, as the company looks to cut costs under new owners."
"Walgreens will no longer give many of its retail workers paid vacation time for Thanksgiving, Christmas and other major holidays, as the company looks to cut costs under new owners."
Walgreens Cuts Pay for Hourly Store Workers After $10 Billion Buyout
Walgreens will no longer give many of its retail workers paid vacation time for Thanksgiving, Christmas and other major holidays, as the company looks to cut costs under new owners.
www.bloomberg.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:32 PM
why do we allow private equity in our society? it's obviously bad for everyone in the world except the people doing it. it should be illegal like fraud