Julian Togelius
@togelius.bsky.social
AI and Games Researcher at NYU. Head of AI at Nof1.
My wife is a systems engineer who currently builds LLM-based tools to read and run simulations of systems engineering models. The models are still needed, the systems are still complex, simulations will still need to be run.
February 13, 2026 at 2:41 AM
My wife is a systems engineer who currently builds LLM-based tools to read and run simulations of systems engineering models. The models are still needed, the systems are still complex, simulations will still need to be run.
No, but maybe I should look into it!
February 9, 2026 at 9:37 PM
No, but maybe I should look into it!
Reposted by Julian Togelius
I love this piece. How interesting and complex your sense of your own problem-solving is here, and fwiw having looked at a lot of research about ability and math, I do not think math is the single "thing" we act like it is and I believe our diverse and different methods of problem-solving are needed
February 9, 2026 at 4:29 PM
I love this piece. How interesting and complex your sense of your own problem-solving is here, and fwiw having looked at a lot of research about ability and math, I do not think math is the single "thing" we act like it is and I believe our diverse and different methods of problem-solving are needed
And yes, I agree completely with Eugene. I still tend to do that, even though moved and now live 200 meters from him.
February 9, 2026 at 1:17 AM
And yes, I agree completely with Eugene. I still tend to do that, even though moved and now live 200 meters from him.
Why would AI make it no longer true? If things get easier to do, we’ll just choose harder projects and the bottleneck moves somewhere else.
February 8, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Why would AI make it no longer true? If things get easier to do, we’ll just choose harder projects and the bottleneck moves somewhere else.
Nah, I don’t like digitizing my workouts. I like to zone out when I go to the gym, it’s kind of like a meditative state. I’m generally not into measuring my life too much. And, as I said, I’m not much of a computer user. I mostly use them for reading and writing.
February 8, 2026 at 1:55 AM
Nah, I don’t like digitizing my workouts. I like to zone out when I go to the gym, it’s kind of like a meditative state. I’m generally not into measuring my life too much. And, as I said, I’m not much of a computer user. I mostly use them for reading and writing.
I keep hearing this argument, and while I think it’s technically true, I very rarely feel that I want to make a personal app. Maybe I’m just lacking in imagination and not much of a computer user.
February 8, 2026 at 12:49 AM
I keep hearing this argument, and while I think it’s technically true, I very rarely feel that I want to make a personal app. Maybe I’m just lacking in imagination and not much of a computer user.
My Grokipedia page is substantially more complete than my Wikipedia page and almost entirely correct, but a bit tedious and repetitive. Would benefit from an editor. But I would rather pay to have my Wikipedia page improved, by an honest an accountable editor. Appropriately fettered capitalism.
January 31, 2026 at 2:24 PM
My Grokipedia page is substantially more complete than my Wikipedia page and almost entirely correct, but a bit tedious and repetitive. Would benefit from an editor. But I would rather pay to have my Wikipedia page improved, by an honest an accountable editor. Appropriately fettered capitalism.
With the right kind of guardrails, maybe even some light licensing or other form of accountability, paid Wikipedia editing could be a good livelihood, and a more well-maintained Wikipedia benefits us all.
January 31, 2026 at 1:55 PM
With the right kind of guardrails, maybe even some light licensing or other form of accountability, paid Wikipedia editing could be a good livelihood, and a more well-maintained Wikipedia benefits us all.
Serious question: why is paid Wikipedia editing so frowned upon? My page needs updating/improvement, no Wikipedian seems to care (understandably), and I would be happy to either do it myself or pay a few hundred to have it done. But I’m not allowed to do it myself.
January 31, 2026 at 1:53 PM
Serious question: why is paid Wikipedia editing so frowned upon? My page needs updating/improvement, no Wikipedian seems to care (understandably), and I would be happy to either do it myself or pay a few hundred to have it done. But I’m not allowed to do it myself.
"I still love AI research, but I kind of hate AI"
-Me, when the mic is on and the guardrails off
-Me, when the mic is on and the guardrails off
January 30, 2026 at 3:37 AM
"I still love AI research, but I kind of hate AI"
-Me, when the mic is on and the guardrails off
-Me, when the mic is on and the guardrails off
At least I don't have a beard anymore
January 30, 2026 at 3:34 AM
At least I don't have a beard anymore