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Playing a dungeon game where a neural net is DMing has a lot in common with lucid dreaming.

Text in particular is slippery and resistant to being read.
aiweirdness.com/post/187645450… >> look around<br />
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YOU ARE IN A LARGE ROOM, WITH A PASSAGE TO THE SOUTH, A PASSAGE TO THE EAST, AND A WALL OF BROKEN ROCK TO THE NORTH<br />
A SIGN POSTED ABOVE THE NORTH WALL READS, “STOP! PAY TROLL!” A SMALL WINDOW CAN BE SEEN IN EITHER WALL<br />
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>> read sign<br />
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THE SIGN IS VERY SIMPLE<br />
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>> yes but read sign<br />
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WE NOW HAVE ALL FIFTEEN TREASURES<br />
IT IS TIME TO GO BACK INTO THE CAVE FOR THE END GAME<br />
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>> that’s awesome. but i still want
In a neural net DM'd dungeon game, some stuff just doesn't work, and it won't tell you why.

And on the flip side, things that shouldn't work often do. THERE IS A PATH TO THE NORTH, A PATH TO THE SOUTH, OR A STEEP PATHWAY CLIMBING SOUTHWEST ALONG THE EDGE OF A CHASM<br />
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>> go north<br />
<br />
I DON’T KNOW HOW TO DO THAT<br />
<br />
>> go south<br />
<br />
I DON’T KNOW HOW TO DO THAT<br />
<br />
>> go southwest<br />
<br />
YOU WILL BE DESCENDING INTO A VALLEY<br />
THERE IS A NARROW BEACH TO THE NORTH AND A PATH LEADING INTO A CANYON TO THE SOUTHEAST<br />
YOU ARE ON THE CLIFF OVERLOOKING THE FAR SIDE OF THE ROOM<br />
A PATH LEADS SOUTH ALIF YOU DON’T GET KILLED, YOU ARE TOAST<br />
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>> Eat the toast.<br />
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EAT THE TOAST<br />
IT TASTES LIKE A STEAK<br />
A STEAK IS PERFECTLY FINE
The neural net was trained on human-programmed dungeon crawling games, so it's unprepared for humans that refer to objects that aren't there. I can conjure anything into being simply by acting as if it is there.  <br />
 YOU ARE STANDING ON THE MAIN ROAD<br />
 A HEAVY WHITE FOG RISES UP FROM THE SOUTH AND FALLS OVERCAST<br />
 THE FOG LIFTS, AND YOU FIND YOURSELF ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE DOME, WHERE A LARGE   EXPANSE OF FOAM IS HANGING OVER YOU<br />
 YOU CAN'T REACH THEM<br />
<br />
 >> ask the giraffe to reach them<br />
 THE GIRAFFE CAN'T REACH THEM
I'm still figuring out what kind of superpowers I have in the neural net's game.

I can conjure Harry Potter into existence anytime I want just by acting as if he's already there, but he's generally more unsettling than helpful. >> go through trap door<br />
YOU ARE IN A LONG EAST/WEST PASSAGE, BOTH MARKED<br />
<br />
>> ask harry potter for a sandwich<br />
 HE HAS NO TEETH<br />
<br />
>> ask harry potter for some soup<br />
 IF I DRIFT INTO A RUT, THE SHADES WILL NOT BE ABLE TO SEE IT<br />
 THE WALL IS SOLID ROCK<br />
 THE WALLS CANNOT BE CROSSED<br />
 THE CANARY CHIRPS, FAINTLY
Another thing I can do is teleport. Even if a place not an option the neural net gives me, I can just type that I'm going there. The neural net does its best to adapt. If I do this too often, things seem to get chaotic. YOU ARE IN A LOW N/S PASSAGE AT A HOLE IN THE FLOOR<br />
 THE HOLE GOES DOWN TO AN E/W PASSAGE<br />
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>> go to the kitchen for a snack<br />
GO TO THE KITCHEN FOR A SNACK<br />
THE PUNKS AT THE DOOR ARE QUICK TO ORDER, ANDRELLED<br />
A BOTTLE IS SITTING ON THE TABLE<br />
THE PUNKS WERE VERY NOISY DURING THE SHOW<br />
 PROBABLY THE LOUDEST SOUND YOU'LL HEAR IS THE CRASHING OF THE CHIRPINGBIRD
Even if I don't go anywhere, the neural net will shift reality around me in strange ways. It really is a lot like being in a dream. >> take bottle<br />
TAKEN<br />
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>> drink bottle<br />
AT LEAST 10 BOTTLES OF WATER ARE SITTING ON THE TABLE<br />
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>> drink 1 bottle, take the rest<br />
 THEDRINK WILL LIKELY IMPAIR YOUR USE OF THE BOTTLE<br />
DRINK 2 BOTTLES, THEDRINK WILL LIKELY IMPAIR YOUR USE OF THE BOTTLE<br />
DRINK 3 BOTTLES, THEDRINK WILL LIKELY IMPAIR YOUR USE OF THE BOTTLE<br />
NOBODY'S LOOKING AT YOU THROUGH THE FAUCET<br />
THERE IS A NASTY KNIFE HERE<br />
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>> look around<br />
YOU ARE IN A SMALL,
whatever you do, don't take the rope from the attic
neural net DMing is SO creepy sometimes
people keep asking for explainable AI. i definitely have some questions about what happened here.
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