Eugene Chung
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Solipsism & the Singularity. Spatial Troubadour. @WEF YGL. @GreemKim’s Photographer
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Joined May 2009
After an unforgettable decade, we have decided—together with our board and shareholders—to close @penrosestudios. In the early days a handful of believers crowded my SoMa apartment, convinced that stories could surround us. Over time we pushed technical boundaries and crafted
Today we announce that Penrose Studios will wind down this month, closing ten remarkable years of adventure. Even after milestones like winning the first Venice Lion for Best VR, the market for spatial storytelling has yet to reach the scale we needed to thrive. What began with
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Officially a Master Freediver (AIDA 4). One breath took me 36 m / 118 ft into the ocean, along with a static pool hold of 4 min 19 s. For the first time in a decade, I hold minimal responsibilities and am intent on living day-to-day. A casual lunch “You should try
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Taking a breather: #AITownHall is on hiatus while I tackle life shifts. Immensely grateful for every insight, question, and laugh you’ve shared. Stay curious—I’ll let you know when the next chapter begins. Thanks for being part of the conversation. 🙏.
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Fortnite dub playing as Padmé with Darth Vader-voiced AI is the inevitable & inexorable future of gaming. Picture GTA 6 or Cyberpunk with NPCs who are context aware and talk back to you. Vader mused on his history with Senator Amidala & Anakin throughout our match. Gaming’s next
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The former nonprofit OpenAI Structure. As OpenAI converts from a nonprofit to a nonprofit as a shareholder in the PBC, what changes do we anticipate?
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Wen 1 ballpark, Jules?.
@levelsio @simeonkerkola @GolerGkA It's guys like you making claims like this that are damaging the reputation of AI. Is it pretty amazing that AI can generate this? Yes. Is this anything close to the quality of what you'd need to build for an actual playable game? No, it's not within 10 ballparks of the target.
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tfw your AI fakes a coffee break for credibility. o3 Deep Research just hallucinated a “wait a few hours so it looks like a real human” timer. 🤖⏳
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