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Wonderful news - MaxRender (online Brazilian CG/3D/games magazine, where I'm US correspondent) published an article about my SXSW 2027 proposals! (Article in Portuguese)
Thanks Marcelo Soares Soares, journalist Felipe Borges & the MaxRender team!
๐ฐ https://t.co/kyI1i1ralE
๐ณ๏ธ Vote: https://t.co/IQvxXBVzS0
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๐ข๐ก PORTUGUรS
Notรญcia maravilhosa - a MaxRender (revista brasileira online de CG/3D/games, onde sou correspondente nos EUA) publicou um artigo sobre minhas propostas no SXSW 2027!
Obrigado, Marcelo Soares Soares, jornalista Felipe Borges e equipe MaxRender!
๐ฐ https://t.co/kyI1i1ralE
๐ณ๏ธ Vote: https://t.co/Jsm2zTwUgW
#IA #AI #PressPlayToGrow #SXSW #maxrender
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ก๐ฎ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐๐บ๐ฎ๐ป ๐จ๐ฝ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐
๐๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐น๐ฒ ๐ฏ/๐ฏ - ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป
๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ณ ๐ช๐ฒ ๐๐ฐ๐๐๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ง๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐?
In Article 1 we named the gap. Technology is evolving faster than the humans using it. The human being itself may be the bottleneck.
In Article 2 we proposed the vehicle. Interactive entertainment - powered by AI & guided by developmental psychology - as a Trojan Horse for human growth. Invisible. Joyful. At scale.
๐ก๐ผ๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐พ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป. ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐พ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐บ๐ผ๐๐.
What would it actually look like if we got this right?
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โท We're running a short 5-7 min survey exploring exactly this gap. Your perspective matters: https://t.co/SZKnExMtp7
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Imagine a world where the games people already play are quietly & invisibly developing them. Not because someone told them to grow, but because the experience was intentionally designed with the precision of ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ผ๐ฝ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐น ๐ฝ๐๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ผ๐น๐ผ๐ด๐'s assessments & frameworks, the personalization of ๐๐, & the sheer joy of ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐ aided by the magic of ๐ณ๐น๐ผ๐ - to meet them exactly where they are & nudge them forward.
A double win - you play, you grow.
โท The Individual Dimension
This doesn't replace therapy, education, or coaching. It can complement them - & reach people they often can't. Not everyone has access to a therapist or coach - whether due to financial barriers, cultural bias, or resistance to formal help. Interactive entertainment can deliver growth at scale to people who play often but would never otherwise seek it out.
For those already in therapy or working with a coach - play extends the work between sessions. Play changes that equation.
Engaging in a developmentally designed experience - powered by AI - brings the game to a new level. Literally.
โท The Collective Dimension
The vision doesn't stop at the individual. The complexity of the world we've built is outpacing our collective capacity to navigate it. Not our technology. Us. Experiences designed for perspective-taking, holding complexity & finding common ground - at a civilizational scale, across cultures, societies & beliefs.
๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ฃ๐น๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐! is a research initiative proposing that the synergistic convergence of AI, interactive entertainment & developmental psychology can create something the world has never had - a scalable, joyful, invisible infrastructure for catalyzing human development at both individual & collective levels. First proposed in 2008. Published in 2010. Today, AI makes it possible.
If this resonates - I would love to hear from you.
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โท We're running a short 5-7 min survey exploring exactly this gap. Your perspective matters: https://t.co/SZKnExMtp7
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Article 1 - The Gap | Article 2 - The Vehicle |
Article 3 - The Vision
#AI #HumanPotential #PressPlayToGrow #InteractiveEntertainment #HumanDevelopment #DevelopmentalPsychology
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ก๐ฎ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐๐บ๐ฎ๐ป ๐จ๐ฝ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐น๐ฒ ๐ฎ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฏ - ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐ฒ๐ต๐ถ๐ฐ๐น๐ฒ
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ป๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฃ๐น๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฆ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐
๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ถ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ณ๐๐น ๐๐ฒ๐ต๐ถ๐ฐ๐น๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ต๐๐บ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ผ๐ฝ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ต๐ถ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ - ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฑ๏ฟฝ๏ฟฝ๏ฟฝ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ด๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐น๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ ๐น๐ผ๐๐ฒ?
This doesn't replace therapy, education or coaching - it complements them and reaches people they often can't. Interactive entertainment can deliver growth at scale across multiple lines of intelligence - to people who play every day but would never walk into a therapist's office.
๐ช๐ต๐ ๐๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ - ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ก๐ผ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐
Passive entertainment engages you. Interactive entertainment demands something more - decisions, real-time responses, collaboration, failure, growth.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ง๐ฟ๐ผ๐ท๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต
Press Play to Grow! embeds developmental outcomes so naturally within the experience that growth becomes a seamless collateral effect of play - not the explicit goal the player pursues. A positive and proactive Trojan Horse - hiding a real gift: To Grow. To develop one's own innate potentials.
The player doesn't feel developed. They feel engaged. And yet they grow.
๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ ๐ฒ๐๐ฎ-๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ - ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ผ๐ฝ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐น ๐ฃ๐๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ผ๐น๐ผ๐ด๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐๐
AI adapts the experience in real time to the individual player. Developmental psychology ensures those adjustments point toward genuine human growth. Without interactive entertainment as the vehicle, AI and developmental psychology remain powerful but abstract. Together - through play - they become something a human being actually wants to engage with.
๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ ๐ช๐ถ๐ป - ๐๐ป ๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ป ๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ฒ
Interactive entertainment powered by AI and grounded in developmental psychology offers a living practice space - where players rehearse emotional regulation, ethical decision-making and empathy in scenarios mirroring real life - without real-life consequences. A double win - you play, you grow. In game, and in life.
This is the synergistic convergence that ย ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ฃ๐น๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐! is proposing - AI as meta-framework, interactive entertainment as vehicle, developmental psychology as the compass. Three fields almost nobody is connecting yet. Together they complete the equation.
The gap is real. The vehicle exists. The technology is finally ready.
What role do you think interactive entertainment and AI could play in complementing existing approaches to human development? Who needs this most?
โท ๐ช๐ฒ'๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐๐ป๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฑ-๐๐ผ-๐ณ ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฟ๐๐ฒ๐. ๐ฌ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐:
https://t.co/u7TkH5GxQE
More info at https://t.co/IDOjTJAUwB
Coming next: Article 3 of 3 - The Vision
#AI #HumanPotential #PressPlayToGrow #InteractiveEntertainment #HumanDevelopment #DevelopmentalPsychology #GameDesign #HumanGrowth #FutureOfHumanity #Neuroscience
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ก๐ฎ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐๐บ๐ฎ๐ป ๐จ๐ฝ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐
๐๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐น๐ฒ ๏ฟฝ๏ฟฝ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฏ - ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ฝ
๐ฆ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ ๐ ๐ถ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป - ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐'๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐จ๐
Everyone is talking about ๐๐. And they should be.
The speed of change right now is genuinely unprecedented. New tools, new capabilities, new disruptions - week after week.
The conversation about ๐๐ and the workforce, ๐๐ and productivity, ๐๐ and the future of work - that conversation is everywhere. And it matters.
Then there's another layer that some leaders are starting to add.
Fei-Fei Li @drfeifei (Stanford) has been championing ๐ต๐๐บ๐ฎ๐ป-๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐.
Andrew Ng @AndrewYNg (DeepLearning) has been pushing hard on ๐ต๐๐บ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ผ๐ฝ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ and upskilling in the ๐๐ era.
Sandy Carter @sandy_carter - AI advocate, tech leader and author of "AI First, Human Always" - is bringing the "human factor" into the conversation.
Jaime Lien (Archetype AI @PhysicalAI) is exploring how ๐๐ can understand and respond to human behavioral data.
Emmett Shear @eshear (Twitch/OpenAI) has raised important questions about what ๐๐ means for humanity's future.
These are important voices. And they're pointing in the right direction. And there are a few others in a growing list. But here's what almost nobody is talking about.
๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ถ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ต๐๐บ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ถ๐๐๐ฒ๐น๐ณ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐๐น๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ธ?
We're giving people exponentially more powerful tools - without exponentially developing the people who use them.
๐ช๐ฒ'๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ฝ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ณ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ฝ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ. ๐๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐.
Our capacity to think clearly under pressure. To collaborate without fear. To make ethical decisions in real time. To stay curious instead of reactive.
That's not a technology problem. That's a ๐ต๐๐บ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ผ๐ฝ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ problem.
And while some voices in the humanities (including ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ผ๐ฝ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐น ๐ฝ๐๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ผ๐น๐ผ๐ด๐ถ๐๐๐) and in ๐๐ are starting to ask the right questions - nobody is approaching it cross-disciplinarily. At least not the way ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ฃ๐น๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐! is proposing - bridging ๐๐, ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐, and ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ผ๐ฝ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐น ๐ฝ๐๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ผ๐น๐ผ๐ด๐ as a unified response.
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But for now - what do YOU think is the biggest gap between technology and humanity right now?
โท ๐ช๐ฒ'๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐๐ป๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฑ-๐๐ผ-๐ณ ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฟ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฝ๐น๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐น๐ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ด๐ฎ๐ฝ. ๐ฌ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ - ๐๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ:
https://t.co/u7TkH5GxQE
More info at PressPlaytoGrow(dot)com
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๐๐ผ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ก๐ฎ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐๐บ๐ฎ๐ป ๐จ๐ฝ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐:
๐๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐น๐ฒ ๐ฎ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฏ - ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐ฒ๐ต๐ถ๐ฐ๐น๐ฒ
๐๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐น๐ฒ ๐ฏ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฏ - ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป
๐ง๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ต๐ป๐ผ๐น๐ผ๐ด๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฒ๐๐ผ๐น๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ณ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ป ๐๏ฟฝ๏ฟฝ๏ฟฝ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ.
๐๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด.
๐๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ผ ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐?
Many believe humanity is not keeping up - that our inner development is lagging dangerously behind our technological power. And they may be right.
On one side - those building our technological future are often disconnected from their own inner world. Psychology, emotions, ethics, consciousness - frequent blind spots in the very people designing the systems we all live inside.
On the other side - psychologists, artists, philosophers, spiritual practitioners - feel threatened or left behind by technology. And they may be right too.
Two worlds. Rarely talking to each other. And in between - a growing gap that affects all of us.
This is not just a cultural tension.
It is one of the defining challenges of our time.
โท What if you could think more clearly under pressure - and find deeper meaning in what you do and why you do it?
โท What if in those stressful, sensitive, or delicate moments you had more control over how you react and how you show up - and your body felt more alive and resilient in the process?
โท What if your relationships - at home and at work - felt more genuine, more connected, and less reactive?
โท What if you could navigate the complexity of modern life - its systems, demands, and rapid changes - with more clarity and less overwhelm?
๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ถ๐ณ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐น๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ถ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ด๐ต ๐ท๐ผ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ณ๐น๐ผ๐?
Seamlessly. Invisibly.
Without it feeling like work at all.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐บ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐.
๐๐ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐. ๐๐ ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ด๐ฟ๐ผ๐.
๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ ๐น๐ถ๐ณ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฎ ๐ด๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ - and growth was always part of the design.
In real life and in virtual life - through the ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ฃ๐น๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐! initiative.
๐ง๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ฎ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป.
๐๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฎ๐น๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฝ๐น๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ.
Through the convergence of ๐๐, ๐๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๏ฟฝ๏ฟฝ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐, and ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ผ๐ฝ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐น ๐ฃ๐๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ผ๐น๐ผ๐ด๐ - a proposal to help people grow not only individually but at scale.
๐๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐.
I have just launched a short research survey exploring these intersections - informing a proposed session at ๐ฆ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ช ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ณ.
๐ฑ-๐ณ ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐๐๐ฒ๐. ๐๐น๐น๐๐๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ. ๐ก๐ผ ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ - ๐ท๐๐๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ต๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ.
โท ๐ฆ๐๐ฟ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ธ: https://t.co/SZKnExMtp7
โ And if someone in your network comes to mind - feel free to pass it along.
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As a symbolic thank you, all participants are entered into a raffle for a US$50 prize toward the AI tool of your choice.
For more information visit https://t.co/l2zJOH8h7u
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#AI #HumanPotential #InteractiveEntertainment #Gaming #SXSW2027 #HunmanDevelopment #PressPlayToGrow
Can AI + Interactive Entertainment + Developmental Psychology converge to shape how we develop our innate potentials?
That's the question at the heart of Press Play to Grow! - a research initiative I started in 2008 at JFK University in San Francisco, published by SUNY Press in 2010, and now revisiting with fresh eyes in the age of AI.
The original idea: interactive entertainment can be intentionally designed to catalyze human potential - not explicitly, but invisibly embedded within the experience itself. Like a Trojan Horse for growth.
Ahead of its time. Back then realizing this vision would have been extraordinarily complex and difficult. Today, AI changes that completely.
I just launched a short research survey to inform a proposed session at SXSW 2027. It takes 5-7 minutes and is illustrated throughout.
โท Survey Link: https://t.co/SZKnExMtp7
If any of these intersect with your world - AI, Gaming, XR, IoT, Interactive Entertainment, Education, Psychology, Coaching, Mentoring, Human Development - your perspective would be a valuable addition.
โ And if someone in your network comes to mind, feel free to pass it along.
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As a symbolic thank you, all participants are entered into a raffle for a US$50 prize toward the AI tool of your choice.
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Just published a new article with @MaxRender on Human X 2026 @HumanXCo - one of the most interesting AI conferences I attended this year, alongside SXSW 2026.
One idea stood out across multiple sessions:
AI is evolving toward world models - systems that perceive, simulate, and interact with the world.
Across the event:
Fei-Fei Li (world models)
Ray Kurzweil (future of AI)
David Baszucki (Roblox) - interactivity
Andy Konwinski (Perplexity / Databricks) - infrastructure
Cameron Adams (Canva) - creative workflows
Jensen Huang (NVIDIA, remote/exclusive) - AI & accelerated computing
The shift toward world models and interactive systems connects with the Press Play to Grow! initiative (https://t.co/sxG4nd7mDnโ ) - exploring how AI, interactive entertainment, and ways to evaluate and promote development can catalyze diverse human potentials.
Article (Portuguese - translate in browser):
https://t.co/MsUq0N8ynkโ ๏ฟฝ
Images:
Moses Silbiger - on-site at HumanX 2026
Ray Kurzweil - AI futures & long-term trajectories
Jensen Huang โ AI & accelerated computing (remote)
Neal Stephenson โ author of Snow Crash & coiner of the term โmetaverseโ (with Moses Silbiger)