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Currently Playing: 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: Join the Programming Throwdown Patreon community today (https://www.patreon.com/programmingthrowdown?ty=h) : https://www.patreon.com/programmingthrowdown?ty=h   Subscribe to the podcast on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@programmingthrowdown4793   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/    If you’ve enjoyed this episode, you can listen to more on Programming Throwdown’s website: https://www.programmingthrowdown.com/   Reach out to us via email: programmingthrowdown@gmail.com (mailto:programmingthrowdown@gmail.com)   You can also follow Programming Throwdown on  Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/ProgrammingThrowdown/) | Apple Podcasts (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/programming-throwdown/id427166321) | Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/show/274Z0vXSCYxddYGj2hLJ8r) | Player.FM (https://player.fm/series/programming-throwdown) | Youtube (https://www.youtube.com/@programmingthrowdown4793)   Join the discussion on our Discord (https://discord.com/invite/r4V2zpC) Help support Programming Throwdown through our Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/programmingthrowdown) ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★ (https://www.patreon.com/programmingthrowdown)