Brad Becker

Sentient Play (formerly Chief Design Officer, IBM Watson; Microsoft, Adobe, etc.)

[Brad Becker @bradbecker]

New game released today for #SXSW2019 https://t.co/hkNcOMnmuT

[Eric Wallace @Eric_Wallace_]

Models such as Stable Diffusion are trained on copyrighted, trademarked, private, and sensitive images.

Yet, our new paper shows that diffusion models memorize images from their training data and emit them at generation time.

Paper: https://t.co/LQuTtAskJ9

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[Kieran Drew @ItsKieranDrew]

Do you sit at a computer for longer than 6 hours a day?

You’re destroying your body if so.

Here’s the setup you need to protect yourself from posture problems and crippling long-term injuries:

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[nickjbrumfield.bsky.social @NickJBrumfield]

Matt Damon providing a materialist explanation of changing cultural forms on a hot wings challenge show was the content I didn't know I needed today

[David Perell @david_perell]

What's causing all these logos to look the same?

[Brad Becker @bradbecker]

Technologies are a double-edged sword. Utopia and Dystopia are both enabled by the same systems.

[David Rumsey @DavidRumseyMaps]

Largest 18th century scenographic or geometric city view - Joseph Huber's 1769 Vienna, Austria, in 24 sheets. 3.5x4.2 meters when joined. In tradition of Turgot's Paris of 1739. Incredible detail of city life and form. https://t.co/SlDeXUwnYO

[T-Pain @TPAIN]

Just so you know……

[Devs & Dorks 🕹 @devsanddorks]

Hey #indiedev

#PitchYaGame time!

⬇️ Share your #indiegame below and we will help promote your game!

🔁 Retweet our thread to help the games below

#gamedev #indie #IndieGameDev #gaming

[Brad Becker @bradbecker]

New study says 4% of cancer studied in 2020 attributable to alcohol. https://t.co/4dgqjKaAMM

[Brad Becker @bradbecker]

wow

[Ryan Burge 📊 @ryanburge]

In 2018 - "I know God really exists and I have no doubts about it."

Silent: 70%
Boomers: 59%
Gen X: 62%

But, look at this huge gap between Gen X and Millennials.

Millennials: 44%
Gen Z: 33%

The decline for Gen Z is staggering, too.
49% in 2014
39% in 2016
33% in 2018.

[Brad Becker @bradbecker]

100 years ago last week, my great-grandfather from Italy became a US citizen.

[Brad Becker @bradbecker]

PSA from my stomach: Dieting is just intentionally not eating enough to survive, in order to trick your body into eating itself. Your welcome.

[Brad Becker @bradbecker]

@forestkey @nkjemisin side note: went hard into the Belgariad and so did Tuesday in her turn. Hoping to someday hit a calm patch where my brain will let me read fiction again.

[Brad Becker @bradbecker]

Actually managed to get vaccinated. A lot of people in line. The world’s not out of the woods yet but things seem to be heading in the right direction.

[Brad Becker @bradbecker]

RIP, Flash. It was a good run. https://t.co/OiooSgbBqU

[Matthew Kobach @mkobach]

The art of respectful disagreement is a lost art

[Brad Becker @bradbecker]

The Psychological Trick That Can Make Rewards Backfire https://t.co/0f8b9t2WwH via @YouTube good overview not just for game designers but for UX designers interested in designing payoffs into designs.

[Brad Becker @bradbecker]

Ode to Colorado this week:

Some say the world will end in fire,
Some say in ice.
From what I’ve tasted of desire
I hold with those who favor fire.
But if it had to perish twice,
I think I know enough of hate
To say that for destruction ice
Is also great
And would suffice. -Frost

[Brad Becker @bradbecker]

Peak 2020?

[Brad Becker @bradbecker]

In case you need this:

[Buddy Mercury @buddymercurydog]

Happy National Kids 👶🤸‍♂️🤸‍♀️ and Pets 🐕🦜🐢🦎🐍🐠 Day! AROOOOO!!! 🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾 #nationalkidsandpetsday #FridayFeeling #Happyfriday #happy #babies