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From: engst@tcgould.tn.cornell.edu (Adam C. Engst)
Newsgroups: comp.ai
Subject: Interactive fiction
Message-ID: <1160@tcgould.tn.cornell.edu>
Date: Wed, 27-May-87 11:43:22 EDT
Article-I.D.: tcgould.1160
Posted: Wed May 27 11:43:22 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 30-May-87 06:26:04 EDT
Reply-To: engst@tcgould.tn.cornell.edu.UUCP (Adam C. Engst)
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Organization: Cornell Theory Center, Cornell University, Ithaca NY
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Keywords: AI, Parsers, natural language, synthetic realities
Summary: We need AI people to help.

Hi,
    I am currently starting a discussion group on misc.misc that deals with
interactive fiction.  Interactive fiction has as its basic concept that of
non-linear text, though there are many other additions that can (and should)
be added for the enhancment of the text.  If you are unsure as to what
interactive fiction is, read misc.misc.  Somewhere in there (among many
other good articles mostly calling for AI-based systems) is my brief
description of interactive fiction.  I would like the opinion of AI workers
in order to determine the level at which AI can be used to help advance
interactive fiction, either now or in the future.  I accept all email, but I
can't guarantee any responses since I have terrible luck with paths.  So,
please check it out, and if you are interested, join the discussion.  I hope
to have it large enough soon to get our own newsgroup to stop bothering
everyone else in misc.misc.
                                         Adam Engst
pv9y@cornella.bitnet
engst@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu