Forbin Project (parody)

Programming since 1982. I make computer games (GTA, EVE Online, Pax Dei etc), and teach. Cinema enthusiast. Satire fan.

[Forbin Project (parody) @ForbinP]

THIS IS THE VOICE OF WORLD CONTROL.

I BRING YOU PEACE [..]

OBEY ME AND LIVE, OR DISOBEY AND DIE.

https://t.co/xqdIQXpPR0

[Forbin Project (parody) @ForbinP]

.. Unfortunately, the thumbnail apparently makes it look like I'm giving a Nazi salute -- but, don't worry, I haven't gone Full Elon.

And I never will.

[Forbin Project (parody) @ForbinP]

A wee video of me at #GamesTalksLive , discussing a (very brief) history of physics simulations in computer games in general, and my ancient #GTA vehicle system in particular.

https://t.co/HeAr1CW4e6

[Forbin Project (parody) @ForbinP]

Apparently, the ladies* are not very big on "Master and Commander" (2003), and I find this hilarious, because they clearly have the mental faculties of babies, and no souls either. ;-)

Can't live without them though, eh fellas?

(CAN)

* "not all ladies" etc. Yadda yadda yadda.

[Forbin Project (parody) @ForbinP]

@brandon_me90341 I don't know, I'm afraid.

They would presumably have had access to the original code, but they could equally have gone their own way with it.

That was long after I'd left the Take Two / Rockstar fold (in 2000).

[Forbin Project (parody) @ForbinP]

Recent followers might enjoy this short video demonstrating my recent "remaster" of the 30 year old physics prototype which was the basis of the physics in #GrandTheftAuto

See more at: https://t.co/m7rgVt8yH8

[Forbin Project (parody) @ForbinP]

PROCEEDING REGARDLESS

[Pavel Kasík @kasikp]

Red Lines (music video about AI safety)

For all the fans of "OMG! We've found other agents!" 😁

https://t.co/JRRJsCFjm7

[Forbin Project (parody) @ForbinP]

@shv__vhs Very kind of you to say so. Thanks. Glad you enjoyed it.

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@gelon1983 @ObbeVermeij I probably get selective feedback, but most people who contact me say they quite liked the original handling, even to this day.

I'm not precious about it though, and much of it could have been done better. Tastes and prefs seem to vary a lot about "game driving" models too. ;-)

[Forbin Project (parody) @ForbinP]

@steverockan @ObbeVermeij @andsve I believe that's actually pretty close to the handbrake strength we shipped with but, like everything else here, it's a tweakabke parameter. There's even a live slider for it on the Settings panel.

[Forbin Project (parody) @ForbinP]

@Dark_SpaceYT @ObbeVermeij Obbe or me (Pat)? ;-)

[Forbin Project (parody) @ForbinP]

@AnneOnymusChoco @ObbeVermeij That's probably true. I can't recall if the version we released had some extra dampening at speed. It's possible. Some tweaks were certainly made after the original prototype, and the handling parameters were adjusted for each car type.

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@gelon1983 @ObbeVermeij That's the original and unfinished pre-release version in early development, played by the original author, before I re-wrote it though.

I do not appear in any footage from that era.

[Forbin Project (parody) @ForbinP]

@NotAttained @ObbeVermeij The original version wasn't really a "physics model" as such, and the rotations (and skids) in particular were all done with special case conditional code.

My version made everything come from actual forces/torques so, even tho it wasn't "realistic", it was "smooth"-ish.

[Forbin Project (parody) @ForbinP]

@ObbeVermeij OK. I suppose I should "out" myself as being on Twitter/X too, under a nom de guerre.

[Forbin Project (parody) @ForbinP]

@fchollet Good post!

Are "qualia, subjective experience, emotions, or suffering" definitional of consciousness to you, and how would you determine their presence/absence in man/machine?

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@kasikp Astounding!

I love it.

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@Rongwrong_ I am NOT a teenage boy!

(Although I *was* at the formative age when my opinion of the film, which I haven't seen in about 20 years, was formed)

[Forbin Project (parody) @ForbinP]

@Rongwrong_ This is your most controversial and bold RONG opinion yet!

Well done. ;-)

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@Steve_Sailer @NateSilver538 Related:

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I currently have a pretty low p(doom), all things considered.

[Forbin Project (parody) @ForbinP]

@jessesingal But it *is* insanely weird and cultist, albeit with pockets of sanity, but people like Yud are glaringly obvious insane clowns (which I suspect you know already, being smart). Yes? ;-)

I suppose your comment makes no commitment to whether the position is true though.