language is irreducibly contextual and multimodal. phd @uwcse (nlp) & former eng @google, now indie dev. posting: academia ∪ "AI" ∪ building software ∪ travel
Unlike any sane person who gets a PhD in NLP right now, afterwards I made a game. I just released it in early access talktomehuman.com Talk to NPCs who talk back at you, try to persuade your way out of sticky situations
Talk to Me Human (my game) is done, out, released on Steam. I went unhinged with the bonus challenges in the second half to keep myself entertained. Spent so much time laughing hysterically in a room alone playtesting it
you CANNOT convince Vincent he's in actual danger
Your PhD advisor has at least five jobs. They’re probably really good at some and maybe bad at one or two.
It surprised me how close (though abstract) the analogies are to traditional roles from industry. Except teacher, of course.