They created a computer game that you can play forever

Inspired by science fiction, the graduate student wrote a game that can be played endlessly. A text adventure is generated by a neural network.

GPT Adventure is a new game, which, unlike analogues, is written not just by a game master, but by a neural network. It resembles the classic text adventure of the 1970s. Something like Zork or Adventureland.

The author of the game is Nathan Whitmore, a graduate neurologist at Northwestern University. He wrote on his blog that he was inspired by the Mind Game, a fictional game generated in real time using artificial intelligence. She featured in the science fiction novel Ender's Game.

In fact, the game is not very complicated. But the experiment itself provides an example of procedurally generated video games. Its functionality at first glance is simple: press buttons, enter commands.

GPT Adventure uses the fake news writing algorithm created by OpenAI. The game tends to forget what has already been said to the player. She force the character through locations, regardless of his desire. For some, such a gaming experience may be undesirable.

According to the author, the GPT Adventure has no end in metaphorical consciousness, so you can play it forever if you wish.