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
Resources mentioned in this episode:
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News/Links:
Google: We have no moat and neither does OpenAI
https://www.semianalysis.com/p/google-we-have-no-moat-and-neither
Stable Diffusion QR Codes
https://stable-diffusion-art.com/qr-code/
Beginning to Make Music
https://learningmusic.ableton.com/
GPT4All
https://gpt4all.io/index.html
Wordnet:
https://wordnet.princeton.edu/
Inform:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inform
Book of the Show
Patrick:
White Sand https://amzn.to/43CPMKA
Jason:
The Fortuna https://www.generativefiction.com/
Tool of the Show
Jason:
Gatsby.js https://www.gatsbyjs.com/
Patrick:
Peglin https://store.steampowered.com/app/1296610/Peglin/
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