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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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