Dungeons and Dragons, Not Chess and Go: Why AI Needs Roleplay

Everyone had died—not that you’d know it, from how they were laughing about their poor choices and bad rolls of the dice. As a social anthropologist, I study how people understand artificial intelligence (AI) and our efforts towards attaining it; I’m also a life-long fan of Dungeons and Dragons (D&D), the inventive fantasy roleplaying game. … Continue reading Dungeons and Dragons, Not Chess and Go: Why AI Needs Roleplay