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Ian Cheng traces his evolution as an artist from early raw motion-capture work ('This Papaya Tastes Perfect') through self-playing simulations ('Entropy Wrangler', 'Emissaries') to the AI-driven creature Bob, built using Richard Evans' neurosymbolic inductive logic programming to model belief-formation and motivated perception. He discusses colliding scripted narrative with open-ended simulation, drawing on Dramatica story theory, Jeff Hawkins' thousand-brains model of mind, and Will Wright's systems-based design philosophy to explain his approach to AI-generated worlds and storytelling in works like 'Life After Bob'.

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