162: Interactive Fiction

In the latest episode of Programming Throwdown, we delve into the captivating world of interactive fiction. We explore: Wordnet, Inform, and how games in the past have been the forerunners of today’s NLP challenges.   00:00:22 Introductions 00:00:39 To hard mode or not to hard mode 00:08:58 No moats in Google 00:16:37 Stable Diffusion blows Jason’s mind 00:21:31 Putting beats together 00:23:38 GPT4All 00:27:44 White Sand 00:35:28 Fortuna 00:38:55 Patrick’s ‘dirty’ secret 00:47:20 Wordnet 00:53:56 Procedural generation 00:57:29 On tabletop RPGs 01:00:48 Inform 01:07:27 Farewells

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