Envisaging a Game of Subtlety Enabling New Global Dynamics

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2024-09-24 20:00:03

Introduction Identifying elements and dimensions of insightful game design Challenge of AI involvement in game design Role of AI in reframing strategic dilemmas in games Collective social dynamics as a form of game? Adapting insights from the Game of Life and game theory? Irrelevance of "manageable models" in practice? Requisite reframing of what is necessarily unsaid? Tokenism in strategic game design? Highlighting any unmentionable root cause with AI? Gamification of emergent meme dynamics? Embedding circuitous strategic reasoning in AI-enabled games? Future aesthetic implications of AI-enabled cultural gamification Games for the future -- Worlds within Worlds? References

There is fairly frequent reference to the game metaphor as relevant to comprehension of the current chaotic times. It is of course the case that games of every kind are widely appreciated and a primary focus of popular attention -- perhaps as a distraction. Beyond the many traditional games, online gaming and esports have become a focus in their own right. The psychosocial sciences, through transaction analysis, have developed the insight of Eric Berne (Games People Play, 1964). Gamesmanship has been recognized as a key to strategic success (Michael Maccoby, The Gamesman: the new corporate leaders, 1977).