Nye's Digital Lab - Page 8
Educational Citizenship
Mar 6
TLDR: What if students viewed themselves as citizens rather than consumers of education?
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Super Villain Networks: The Tech Bro’s Guide to World Domination
Feb 10
TLDR: Your friendly neighborhood guide to becoming tomorrow's tech overlord!
Contents
- Introduction: The Antiheroes We Deserve
- Chapter 1 / Fantastic Gadgets
- Chapter 2 / Personalized Robots
- Chapter 3 / Centralized Servers
- Conclusion: The Heroes We Need Read more
My Robot Dog and Me
Jan 28
The robots are coming. Just like their cousin, the quad-copter drones before them, the robot dog movement is in full swing, and it’s only a matter of time before we all have them.
Contents
- The Everyday Roboticist
- Drones to RoboDogs
- RoboDogs to Androids
- What can we do with a Robot?
- Getting Started with Robotics
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Disruptions in Gaming: A Hypothesis
Jan 7
TLDR: The gaming industry is undergoing a radical systemic transformation.
Contents
- The Traditional Game Business Model
- The Impact of Networks
- The Rise of User Generated Content
- Three Disruptive Forces
- Artificial Intelligence
- Advice for New Developers
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Rethinking Innovation: AI and the Problem with Objectives
Dec 26
TLDR: AI science might reveal the secret to innovation: Stop Obsessing Over Objectives.
Contents
- The Objective-Driven World Read more
Hang on! Coding a Game with AI
Dec 18
TLDR: I wanted to see what coding a game with AI was like. Hold on, it's pretty nuts.
Contents
- Can I build a game with AI?
- Coding with Windsurf
- From Concepting to Functional Prototype
- Reality Check
- Lessons Learned
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The Revolution will be Automated
Sep 18
TLDR: The democratization of low code, easily accessible AI, and low cost hardware will spark a new revolution in personal automation computing.
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The Future of Work: Embracing Passion, Decentralization, and Automation
Jul 2
TLDR: On the eve of the Intelligence Revolution, perhaps it is time to reimagine the world of work.
Contents
I. Soul Sucking Data Theft
II. Decentralized Fundraising
III. Case Study: Gitcoin
IV. The Future of Work
V. A Post-Capitalist Future?
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Is this Essay Real?
Mar 14
Actionable Philosophy to cope with Reality Loss in the age of AI.
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Genghis Kahn & The Blockchain
Feb 16
TLDR: An essay analogizing the Mongol Horde of the Thirteenth Century and the rise of protocol-driven blockchain networks.
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