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Academic jack-of-all-trades.

Aug 4, 2021, 7 tweets

"You are standing in an open field west of a white house, with a boarded front door. There is a small mailbox here." (VQGAN+CLIP seems somewhat obsessed with the mailbox.)

"You are behind the white house. A path leads into the forest to the east. In one corner of the house there is a small window which is slightly ajar."

"You are in the living room. There is a doorway to the east, a wooden door with strange gothic lettering to the west, which appears to be nailed shut, a trophy case, and a large oriental rug in the center of the room. Above the trophy case hangs an elvish sword of great anti..."

"This is an art gallery. Most of the paintings have been stolen by vandals with exceptional taste. The vandals left through either the north or west exits. Fortunately, there is still one chance for you to be a vandal, for on the far wall is a painting of unparalleled beauty."

"This is a small room with passages to the east and south and a forbidding hole leading west. Bloodstains and deep scratches (perhaps made by an axe) mar the walls. A nasty-looking troll, brandishing a bloody axe, blocks all passages out of the room."

"You have entered the Land of the Living Dead. Thousands of lost souls can be heard weeping and moaning... Lying in one corner of the room is a beautifully carved crystal skull. It appears to be grinning at you rather nastily."

"You are standing on the top of the Flood Control Dam #3, which was quite a tourist attraction in times far distant... The sluice gates on the dam are closed. Behind the dam, there can be seen a wide reservoir. Water is pouring over the top of the now abandoned dam."

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