e490 — Codename – “Amelia”

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Published 18 November 2024 e490 with Michael & Michael — #AI, #AR, #VR, #RR (that’s #RealReality) and a whole lot more! Michael and Michael start off the show with a discussion on how O2 is employing AI to waste phone scammers time.  Check out the video in the show notes below for how dAIsy, the AI grandma works.  After a quick discussion on Oasis, an AI generated game, the co-hosts then turn to an interview with professor Greg Benson on the future of coding now that natural language processing (NLP) and large language models can interpret user prompts and generate … Continue reading

Episode 307 — Remember What’s Important

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Developing community, connecting with people & helping in Elite Dangerous & at work. AI filters and games. Spinach that emails & swapping windows. Continue reading

Episode 292 — Elite British Gaming

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Michael, Michael and Andy welcome special guest Mark Moxon for an in-depth look at his lockdown project, documenting the source code for Elite on the BBC Micro. Continue reading

Episode 209 – Driving Doom

Michael and Michael start off this episode with a discussion on the classic first person shooter Doom, and how in a recent episode of the Boundary Break YouTube series, we are treated to a behind the scenes view of how the Doom 2016 developers wrote the code for the game.  It is fascinating to see where some of the off-camera elements are left out (such as the face, torso, etc of the shooter) and where sometimes the details are very richly embellished, even if no one will ever see them in the game. Moving (heh) along, the co-hosts imagine a … Continue reading