Coding + Storytelling
Here are some things I have read or watched that I decided to summarize.
It's mostly for future me, but perhaps present you can benefit too!
By Cody Fenwick on 80,000 Hours
It is possible artificial intelligence becomes conscious or sentient as a result of its sophistication. And, it's possible these so-called "digital minds" acquire the capacity to suffer. It would be tragic to end up in a world where vast numbers of artificially intelligent persons suffer.
By David Robson on BBC
Dr. Tim Lomas, a psychology researcher, started something called the Positive Lexicography Project with the goal of finding precise words for various positive emotions in non-English languages that English itself lacks.
By aarthificial on Youtube
For his game, aarthificial uses a different approach that separates the animation from the appearance. The animation is still a classic spritesheet. However, instead of each pixel representing to color to display, each pixel actually represents the coordinates of a pixel in a different image.