Below is a selection of my tweets on or about what I consider to be confusions, misunderstandings and blunders, both in the media and popular culture, about topics related to my research (such as – but not limited to – technology, coding, games, AI, procedurality, language etc.).
Links may be either directly to said confusing content or to a related commentary/post on them. Enjoy!
This is from my research-related twitter account maquinacriadora, spanning from around Sep/2015 to Sep/2016.1
Like anything else made by humans, every algorithm has a creator, or at least someone responsible for it. https://t.co/lYWLcZw6MN
— Máquina Criadora (@maquinacriadora) September 12, 2016
XD brewing "with the help of AI"! and electricity, letters and other THINGS! Beer brewed with help of AI? (WIRED) https://t.co/4gkswJe3af
— Máquina Criadora (@maquinacriadora) July 11, 2016
"algoritmos 'enlouquecem'" – Folha de S.Paulohttps://t.co/wW7F6JMJ5n
— Máquina Criadora (@maquinacriadora) August 31, 2016
1 of 2: "No Man’s Sky is what happens when you take the human soul out of a game and let the computer run the show." https://t.co/lhDgr4KxMy
— Máquina Criadora (@maquinacriadora) August 25, 2016
2 of 2: Criticism about lack of variety is valid. But to oppose computer X human like that is simplistic and naive. Humans make algorithms.
— Máquina Criadora (@maquinacriadora) August 25, 2016
Robot Tatoo "Artist"? Nope. That's a skin printer. Move along. https://t.co/6q4L3ri5ZD
— Máquina Criadora (@maquinacriadora) August 24, 2016
no they won't – they are computers; interesting article though – Driverless Cars Will Face Moral Dilemmas (SCIA) https://t.co/g82wjTUHlm
— Máquina Criadora (@maquinacriadora) June 24, 2016
Remember when WIRED was wired? – Despite title and article, nice art – The Architect of These Cities Is an Algorithm https://t.co/WPbYH83C93
— Máquina Criadora (@maquinacriadora) June 2, 2016
there is no such thing as an absolute algorithmic sound engineer! https://t.co/pPBXkIwf0e
— Máquina Criadora (@maquinacriadora) May 31, 2016
WIRED, confusing, mistaken and interesting as usual: Soon We Won’t Program Computers. We’ll Train Them Like Dogs |https://t.co/DR129FHo4d
— Máquina Criadora (@maquinacriadora) May 23, 2016
— Máquina Criadora (@maquinacriadora) May 12, 2016
nice! but this is just a superficial emulation; not the actual "style" – Algorithm Clones Van Gogh’s Artistic Style https://t.co/a0NIgHvoau
— Máquina Criadora (@maquinacriadora) May 10, 2016
…? Encourage teenagers to study arts so games of the future are not designed by 'spotty nerds' (The Independent) https://t.co/u7H6mK4dpJ
— Máquina Criadora (@maquinacriadora) April 22, 2016
Humans will always be able to do one thing that computers can't do: computers. Duh. https://t.co/CvPeauU1gZ
— Máquina Criadora (@maquinacriadora) April 22, 2016
Colégios criam games a serviço da aprendizagem (Estadão) https://t.co/jhYyWa3izj PS: nem todo jogo educacional educa via mecânica de jogo.
— Máquina Criadora (@maquinacriadora) April 5, 2016
When are we going to stop counting the hair? – One Animal in Zootopia Has More Individual Hairs Than … https://t.co/9hmYQdAiv0
— Máquina Criadora (@maquinacriadora) March 18, 2016
NO. NO. SHUT UP. NO. SHUT UP. Is Jonathan Blow Gaming's Einstein? | Game/Show | PBS Digital Studios – YouTube https://t.co/ZCUryYw10h
— Máquina Criadora (@maquinacriadora) March 16, 2016
— Máquina Criadora (@maquinacriadora) March 4, 2016
Sad how this (well written) GAME review could easily be about a short film or book. – Firewatch And Romance (RPS) https://t.co/vcMxHnPkPU
— Máquina Criadora (@maquinacriadora) March 1, 2016
"the algorithm primarily did zooming and rotating work on the original designs" :p – Diet Coke Procedural Design https://t.co/dOOp3rc8XV
— Máquina Criadora (@maquinacriadora) February 15, 2016
(…) Interesting how the idea of simulation is linear and fixed in the movie.
https://t.co/UatmExEVxJ— Máquina Criadora (@maquinacriadora) February 7, 2016
Most of the games considered expressive are not *procedurally* expressive. Example: That Dragon, Cancer https://t.co/0p1NVj7dls
— Máquina Criadora (@maquinacriadora) February 2, 2016
(…) Not criticizing the game, just a comment on the form. It's OK to have traditional expression in digital media. https://t.co/joghW7IGUn
— Máquina Criadora (@maquinacriadora) February 2, 2016
(…) Also, there are many games that *are* procedurally expressive. More than ever. Still, very little yet.
— Máquina Criadora (@maquinacriadora) February 2, 2016
Yep – Game Trailers Are Not Movie Trailershttps://t.co/6GL3nouSZj
— Máquina Criadora (@maquinacriadora) January 31, 2016
Google's AI beats human at Go (Nature) https://t.co/xx9rtfFmva
PS: more impressive than Deep Blue, since it's using Neural Networks (…)— Máquina Criadora (@maquinacriadora) January 30, 2016
(…) i.e., doesn't use a particular algorithm (like Deep Blue), but a "deep learning" approach – how we think the human mind works.
— Máquina Criadora (@maquinacriadora) January 30, 2016
(…) I still think we can never really compare humans and computers (or anything) that way. Even a rock "beats" a human (in being still).
— Máquina Criadora (@maquinacriadora) January 30, 2016
(…) Still, huge leap for AI. PS: in March they play against world's best player for U$1mil – for the human. Computer couldn't care less ;)
— Máquina Criadora (@maquinacriadora) January 30, 2016
No, but a human can create a program that generates poetry. – Can a computer write poetry? (TED Talk) https://t.co/PZkrfFPLJp
— Máquina Criadora (@maquinacriadora) January 24, 2016
— Máquina Criadora (@maquinacriadora) January 18, 2016
— Máquina Criadora (@maquinacriadora) December 9, 2015
— Máquina Criadora (@maquinacriadora) December 6, 2015
Minecraft: Story Mode is the most opposite thing possible to Minecraft. Why?
— Máquina Criadora (@maquinacriadora) December 4, 2015
Another case of an AI "teaching itself" to "play videogames" (SCIA) – https://t.co/s7t5hWnIsf (…)
— Máquina Criadora (@maquinacriadora) December 3, 2015
(…) But what are the variables, criteria etc? The fact it uses neural networks does NOT necessarily imply human logic ("learn", "play")
— Máquina Criadora (@maquinacriadora) December 3, 2015
Software is not "inside" hardware – it is a STATE of the hardware.
— Máquina Criadora (@maquinacriadora) December 1, 2015
Seus programas e arquivos não estão "dentro" do computador. Software é apenas um ESTADO do hardware.
— Máquina Criadora (@maquinacriadora) December 1, 2015
— Máquina Criadora (@maquinacriadora) November 20, 2015
"I loved the book, but I wish there were illustrations showing me how the characters and places look like." – Nobody https://t.co/P3gcFwIPeg
— Máquina Criadora (@maquinacriadora) November 9, 2015
That's a weird argument (and a moot discussion). – Should Programmers Be Called Engineers? – Slashdot https://t.co/4AIJEHgdgQ
— Máquina Criadora (@maquinacriadora) November 6, 2015
I know! call them "code designers" ;) https://t.co/cG9T64lrCE
— Máquina Criadora (@maquinacriadora) November 6, 2015
You don't, robots can't feel, they simulate. Important distinction. – How to Build an Empathetic Robot (SCIA) https://t.co/mmmVgGMtl1
— Máquina Criadora (@maquinacriadora) October 30, 2015
this article actually helps in arguing that games are not an artform (some are) – Unlock Every Level Right Away https://t.co/sR3J5jTtMr
— Máquina Criadora (@maquinacriadora) October 22, 2015
Nothing can substitute traditional hand-drawn animation, but cool tool! – Microsoft's Animation Tool https://t.co/yIQy1j6hEH
— Máquina Criadora (@maquinacriadora) October 22, 2015
— Máquina Criadora (@maquinacriadora) October 22, 2015
Even GIFS deserve more respect as a language than "3D movies".
— Máquina Criadora (@maquinacriadora) October 22, 2015
Uou, this is extreme! "If it doesn't have to be a movie then you shouldn't make it." https://t.co/Rmslx0B42D
— Máquina Criadora (@maquinacriadora) August 23, 2015
[Posted 2016/09/12]2
- This list doesn’t include particularly extreme or humorous cases of tech-cluelessness. Also, note that, much like this blog, my research twitter is an informal channel of communication. For more academically rigorous content, please refer to my PhD thesis, Masters dissertation or articles. [↩]
- Testing twitter-based post. Not sure if this will work (without breaking in the near future). Also, I’m pretty sure this is not the best way to organize and present this (probably I should have tagged these posts with a certain # and use that to filter my feed. Oh well.). [↩]

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