{"id":1441,"date":"2022-01-05T18:11:16","date_gmt":"2022-01-05T18:11:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/salarydistribution.com\/machine-learning\/2022\/01\/05\/ai-dungeon-creator-nick-walton-uses-ai-to-generate-infinite-gaming-storylines\/"},"modified":"2022-01-05T18:11:16","modified_gmt":"2022-01-05T18:11:16","slug":"ai-dungeon-creator-nick-walton-uses-ai-to-generate-infinite-gaming-storylines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/salarydistribution.com\/machine-learning\/2022\/01\/05\/ai-dungeon-creator-nick-walton-uses-ai-to-generate-infinite-gaming-storylines\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018AI Dungeon\u2019 Creator Nick Walton Uses AI to Generate Infinite Gaming Storylines"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-url=\"https:\/\/blogs.nvidia.com\/blog\/2022\/01\/05\/nick-walton-ai-podcast\/\" data-title=\"\u2018AI Dungeon\u2019 Creator Nick Walton Uses AI to Generate Infinite Gaming Storylines\" data-hashtags=\"\">\n<p>What started as Nick Walton\u2019s college hackathon project grew into <a href=\"https:\/\/play.aidungeon.io\/main\/home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><i>AI Dungeon<\/i><\/a>, a popular text adventure game with over 1.5 million users.<\/p>\n<p>Walton is the co-founder and CEO of <a href=\"https:\/\/latitude.io\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Latitude<\/a>, a Utah-based startup that uses AI to create unique gaming storylines.<\/p>\n<p>He spoke with <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.nvidia.com\/ai-podcast\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NVIDIA AI Podcast<\/a> host Noah Kravitz about how natural language processing methods can generate infinite open-ended adventure plots for interactive games like <i>AI Dungeon, <\/i>which draws an average of 150,000 new players each month.<\/p>\n<h2><b>Key Points From This Episode:<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>In <i>AI Dungeon<\/i>, players type in their actions or responses to prompts \u2014 for example, \u201cYou\u2019re about to enter a world of endless possibilities, where you can do absolutely anything you can imagine \u2026 Will you proceed?\u201d \u2014 and AI keeps the story going.<\/li>\n<li>Unlike other text adventure games that use pre-written content, <i>AI Dungeon <\/i>offers infinite unique possibilities for each storyline, as the AI adapts and responds to almost any user input.<\/li>\n<li>Users can dive into adventures individually or in multiplayer mode, which allows players with distinct characters to take turns interacting with the AI within the same game session. To kick off the story, they can choose from a list of initial prompts or create custom adventures.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Tweetables:<\/b><\/h2>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s something really compelling here in this ability to have stories that can go anywhere.\u201d \u2014 Nick Walton [3:30]<\/p>\n<p>In gaming and in the world, AI enables \u201cnew experiences that are no longer static and predetermined, but dynamic and alive.\u201d \u2014 Nick Walton [7:16]<\/p>\n<h2><b>You Might Also Like:<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/theaipodcast\/gantheftauto-harrison-kinsley-on-ai-generated-gaming-environments\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><b>GANTheftAuto: Harrison Kinsley on AI-Generated Gaming Environments<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Humans playing games against machines is nothing new, but now computers can develop games for people to play. 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