9 November 2024

War Simulation Games

Grand Strategy:

  • Hearts of Iron IV
  • Europa Universalis IV
  • Crusader Kings III

Real-Time Strategy:

  • Company of Heroes 2
  • Men of War: Assault Squad 2
  • Steel Division 2
  • Command & Conquer

Tactical/Squad:

  • Arma 3
  • Squad
  • Hell Let Loose

Historical:

  • Total War: Warhammer III
  • Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord
  • Age of Empires IV

Others:

  • War Thunder
  • World of Tanks
  • XCom2

Asian Animation

Donghua are animation forms made in China with diverse styles and genres from traditional to modern. These animations tend to have a more realistic look. Themes and storylines are influenced from Chinese mythology and history.

Anime are animation forms made in Japan with distinctive styles, colors and diverse stories. These animations tend to have a more exaggerated look. Themes and storylines are very diverse with explorations into fantasy, scifi, and slice-of-life.

Aeni are animation forms made in Korea with similarities often shared with Anime and Donghua across various styles and genres with distinctive western variations. These animations tend to have a more realistic look. Themes and storylines are more realistic with grounded stories.

In many respects, different animation variations may share cross influences in both themes, storylines, styles, and genres. Asian animation is evolving and diverse with huge options.

These categories may include further sub-genres and styles, such as:

  • Mecha which includes robots, war, technology, and humanity.
  • Magical Girl which includes girls that transform into magical fighters against evil.
  • Slice-of-Life which covers everyday lives of ordinary individuals which include themes like friendship and family.
  • Historical which includes ancient periods covering real-world events.
  • Fantasy which focuses on magic and myth within a fantastical world.
  • Scifi which focuses on futuristic and technologically advanced experiences.
  • Wuxia which focuses on martial arts with a mix of fantasy.
  • Xianxia which focuses on Chinese mythology and folklore with immorality and cultivation.
  • Xuanhuan which focuses on magic and supernatural powers.
  • Manhua which covers Chinese comics
  • Manhwa which covers Korean comics
  • Manga which covers Japanese comics
  • Comedy which covers humor and satire
  • Cyberpunk which covers futuristic dystopian themes.
  • Guohuaxianxia which covers Chinese mythology and folklore.
  • Psychological which covers dark and disturbing psychological themes.
  • Idol which covers idols and their fans.
  • Music which covers musical performances.
  • Isekai which covers fantastical characters that get transported to other worlds.
  • Sports which covers sports competitions.
  • Martial Arts which covers martial arts combats.

Artificial Intelligence has been increasingly used in Asian Animations and will continue to make a significant impact in the programmatic generation and production. Some areas which have significantly had AI influences include: in-betweening, lip-syncing, character animation, art styles, character rigging, motion capture, rendering, visual experiences, and story development. 

1 November 2024

GenAI, AGI, and Superintelligence

Artificial Intelligence has come along way. However, AI still faces a significant challenge and several roadblocks. They can assist us in mundane tasks but not completely replace humans in many tasks that require complex learning and adaptability. The below highlight the primary three areas of AI advancement stages. We are currently in the first GenAI stage of enlightenment. There is still a long way to go before AI becomes a real competitive contender to a human and even to surpass those human limits.

Generative AI (GenAI):

  • Focus: Content generation in audio, video, image, code, and text in a specific application
  • Capabilities: Trained on huge datasets to generate near human-replicated content
  • Current State: Advanced use cases across industry for various applications

Artificial General Intelligence (AGI):

  • Focus: Human-level intelligence for generalizable tasks
  • Capabilities: Ability to understand and learn any human task
  • Current State: Not yet achievable with ongoing research progress

Superintelligence:

  • Focus: Ability to go beyond human intelligence
  • Capabilities: Able to do things beyond human comprehension and abilities
  • Current State: Not yet achievable, still in theoretical stage

Enhanced GenAI With Knowledge Graphs

Enhanced GenAI With Knowledge Graphs 

GenAI For Beginners

GenAI For Beginners

Dreams

Dreams