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AI Dungeon: Artificial intelligence turns Gamemaster, creating infinite worlds to adventure in
AI Dungeon, or at least game's of its ilk could turn out to be the future of gaming. Is this a look into the future or another passing fad? Let's see.
At the same time as text adventures were enthralling the gaming world, pre-internet, gamers, teenage me included would call up networked BBSs (bulletin board systems) some of which hosted MUDs (multi-user dungeons). Originally dating as far back as 2019, creator Nick Walton used an early version of OpenAI ’s GPT-2 to allow the game to act as a pseudo-DM and respond to the player’s text inputs, albeit initially in a limited way, offering potential choices rather than complete free reign. Having spent time as Head of Communications at a professional sports club and working for high-profile charities such as the National Literacy Trust, he returned as Managing Editor in charge of large US-based technology websites in 2020.
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