Adam Jones

husband, father of two, Hoosier, tech enthusiast, and founder of SkyBound Education

[Adam Jones @AdamJonesInk]

@REPLACEDGame Really enjoyed reading notes on the Wingman. Could be a cool e-reader in real life! Limited production run?

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@DMC_Ryan @asha_shar @klobrille For better or worse, I think that approach makes some believe that titles are exclusive to the platform on which the trailer debuts. There’s surely some prestige and/or monetary reason to connect a game with your brand.

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The art direction, especially lighting, is phenomenal throughout. This is hard to convey in these screenshots, but trust me, the visuals are stunning.

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Replaced, an action platformer developed by @sadcatstudios, offers the most beautiful pixel art I’ve seen in years! The story is captivating, combat is rhythmic, fair, and fun, and every chapter offers new environments to explore.

Two critiques:

- The platforming is at times a bit unforgiving for a narrative-focused game.
- An XBOX achievement is tied to completing the game on Hard mode. That’s outdated to me.

I finished my playthrough in about 11.5 hours and found nearly every collectible.

I highly recommend this game, and it’s available on Game Pass.

I hope this studio is already working on the next one! A few more screenshots below.

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I don’t want PlayStation 6 or XBOX Project Helix to arrive for years!

The current hardware can support incredible experiences, games take way too long to make as it is, and gamers need a break when it comes to affording this hobby. Otherwise, more and more people will find free-to-play alternatives on their phones and tablets.

I hope developers optimize for what people have access to today. Build a range of titles, explore the price continuum, stop chasing live service home runs, and focus on sustainability.

You will be rewarded by players if you do!

[Marathon @MarathonTheGame]

https://t.co/c6jeYVkKxa

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@sflorimm Waiting for perfection.

Ship and revise. Don’t become infatuated with beautiful project plans. Deliver and get better and better each time.

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@TTrimoreau Comfort with and persistence in the face of ambiguity

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@iruletheworldmo My hope is that person to person interactions will become paramount, enabling a rebirth of social wellbeing. Less time on screens could lead to more time speaking and collaborating with others.

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@thejustinwelsh So much of our education system focuses on responding to a teacher’s assignments rather than exploring solutions to real-world problems. We need to exercise the creative application of knowledge to empower people to have agency in their careers.

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@yashhq_22 I focus on delivering exceptional service. In my field, word of mouth is better than any marketing.

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@tomfgoodwin It’s still early. Companies are figuring out where the token investments will yield compelling products and services. But I’m optimistic that we’re on the verge of an explosion of wonderful things.

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Today’s best LLMs are more knowledgeable across more domains and can reason (however imperfectly) much faster than humans, so I’m not sure this is right. Humans should strive to have a depth of understanding in specific areas that enable careful prompting and curation of LLM outputs. In some cases, this will mean our reasoning is superior, at least for now. Plus, our knowledge of real-world variables can grant us the wisdom to push back on LLM conclusions. But I don’t think humans can out reason the best models in enough areas to support your claim. Humans enabled by AI will lead to better reasoning.

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@KaiXCreator We don’t know the answer, but we will need world models capable of processing real-time audio, visual, and sensory information at scale to find out. LLMs alone may have a ceiling, even if it’s extraordinarily high.

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Thanks for sharing these insights. The two that most resonated with me:

1. “Almost no one is actually an expert.” This means it’s still early, and there is real opportunity to be a leader within and outside of organizations.

2. “Soul and humanity are being sucked out of our processes.” Mindset shifts are inevitable. What we’ve previously called human work may become automated, so we need to focus on the creative and the relational. While it might be a tough tightrope to walk, there’s a world where people interact more because they’re freed from screen-based tasks. In the interim, there will be discomfort as businesses reorganize processes and priorities.

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@AdamKPx Hyperminimalist

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@davisdoma0908 @JayDook Starfield is a game I can return to over and over again. There’s always more to explore.

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@Shpigford So far, I find myself simply doing more. The promise of AI making time for more “life” hasn’t come to pass for me…yet. I worry that we will all become even more productive with AI to remain economically competitive.

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@samsheffer @veggie_eric Agree! An em dash can be a wonderful way to impact the rhythm of a sentence, but I find myself avoiding them at all costs.

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For my workflows, cost is more important than speed. What do others think?

[Sam Altman @sama]

i get some anxiety not using the smartest-available model/settings.

but sometimes i dont mind if it's really slow.

i wonder if we should focus more on a price/speed tradeoff relative to a price/intelligence tradeoff.