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Demoscene videos are pretty fun and criminally under viewed.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRQwR4-_0PR9HBI_GZs1n...

I wish there was a channel like retro game mechanics that break them down with good visuals.

Watching YouTube videos of demos feels like cheating but happy they exist as I'm a bit more reluctant to download & run random exes than I was 20 years ago! Before the videos were available you had to wait quite a bit whilst it unpacked and processed before you were either dazzled or disappointed. We used to watch quite a lot of demos as part of our chill out sessions as they were the perfect accompaniment to our mental state.

Feels like an opportunity to share my all time favorite demo ... Intrinsic Gravity by Still https://youtu.be/-ZxPhDC-r3w

Have you seen the remix where it was ported to a Pebble smartwatch and Gameboy duo?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UC-ru1P3GVo

I haven't seen that before. That's brilliant. :)

One of my favorites: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9r8pxIogxZ0

Need to catch up sometime whats been done.

i agree, seeing the guts of something like .kkrieger would be awesome

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.kkrieger

Nostalgia Nerd's video on .kkrieger [1], produced with a help from original developers, would be a good start.

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bD1wWY1YD-M

A lot of related code was released a couple of years ago: https://github.com/farbrausch/fr_public

When we solve AGI, I'd love to see demoscene for intelligence. How much could you compress it?

From there, how small can you make a world of mutually intelligent agents?

Edit: all these downvoters - don't you dream? There are so many crazy and fantastical things that await.

> When we solve AGI

I hope we don't, tbh.

Exhibit A: https://qntm.org/mmacevedo

Another[1] relevant short-story! Also, I don't think MMAcevedo qualifies as an AGI, he/it is rather a VBI (Virtual Brain Image).

[1] https://www.fortressofdoors.com/four-magic-words/

True, but it heightens the moral horror of the situation- but really, the morality of treating an AGI like that is arguably the same, or at least similar.

Holy cow, thank you! I read this once, a year or two back, and have been trying to find it again but without luck. What a cool text.

I can't wait to eave drop on my smart fridge making small talk with my smart toaster in the morning. Only slightly joking.

Can I just ask one question?

Would anyone like any toast? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhnN4eUiei4

Pass the butter! https://youtu.be/3ht-ZyJOV2k

Funnily enough thats Linda what's happening with llms.

Reminds me of shader wars

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