Your Life Is Ruled by Games You Don’t Even Know You’re PlayingOur overreliance on the simplicity of game logic explains why capitalism got out of control.
Dubai has Launched Long-Term "Gaming Visa" for Content creators, Game Developers, Designers and ProgrammersTo make Dubai a global gaming hub, Crown Prince Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum has announced a Gaming Visa to attract 30,000 game developers by 2033.
The best cozy games to play right nowIf you buy something from a Polygon link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. Many games are huge. Others are endless. Some are so exciting that they swallow our news feeds whole.
Why AI Playing Video Games Is a Big DealSIMA had to learn to play cooperatively with its human partners, not from trial and error over thousands of attempts at the game.
The animated sci-fi mystery Mars Express aims high and lands among the starsScience fiction has always been a fertile genre for telling stories that revolve around mysteries. From Ridley Scott’s classic Blade Runner to Mamoru Oshii’s 1995 anime Ghost in the Shell, sci-fi and mystery go together as perfectly as a culprit’s hand in a blood-stained glove.
Human rights lawyer Susie Alegre: ‘If AI is so complex it can’t be explained, there are areas where it shouldn’t be used’Susie Alegre is an international human rights lawyer and author, originally from the Isle of Man, whose focus in recent years has been on technology and its impact on human rights.
Inside the Rise of Jesse Lyu and the Rabbit R1Everyone seems entranced by Jesse Lyu, the new AI prophet. Clad head to toe in black, Lyu stands on stage and fires off live demo after live demo using a bright orange-colored AI gadget called the R1. He speaks to the pocket-sized device and the AI voice assistant responds back.
What Is Tucker Carlson Even Doing?This is part of Sly as Fox, a short series about the perils of underestimating Fox News in 2024. It is always sort of heartwarming when a person fulfills their peak potential.
What’s Even The Point Of Xbox Game Pass Now?On May 7, Microsoft closed down four first-party development studios it had acquired from Zenimax Media in 2021 including Tango Gameworks, developer of The Evil Within series and 2023’s surprise hit Hi-Fi Rush.
ChatGPT and the like could free up coders to new heights of creativityWhen digital computers were invented, the first task was to instruct them to do what we wanted. The problem was that the machines didn’t understand English – they only knew ones and zeros.
I Gave My Sister-in-Law a Huge Responsibility Over My Kids. I Think I Made a Mistake.Care and Feeding is Slate’s parenting advice column. Have a question for Care and Feeding? Submit it here.
Don’t spoil Animal Well for yourselfYou are an egg person. You wake up in a large turnip. The world around you is alien, with an eerie, neon glow. But there’s a familiarity to it. A nearby squirrel beckons you to chase it, and lazy reeds sway in an unseen breeze.
As Europe’s power shrinks, its fear is growing – and the result is huge mistakesEurope no longer wields the power it once did in world affairs, when there was a liberal international order that hinged on US power and in which international cooperation flourished.