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Gamma World 7e Character Generation Using AI #GammaWorld #AI #RPG #TTRPG

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I did yet another thing. I created a ruleset for Gamma World 7e character creation in a format suitable for AI to generate characters. Just head to this page for instructions: https://gsllcblog.com/randomcreationofplayercharactersingammaworld7thedition/.

This doesn’t render my Gamma World character generator software useless. That software contains a bunch of GM tools as well, and eventually will be usable for running games via the internet. It certainly doesn’t render my Star Trek character builder software useless. There’s no way publicly-available AI could possibly create a character builder for such a complex system. It took over a week to get the Gamma World prompt to work, and I doubt even it is foolproof.

I’m fully aware of how controversial AI is among gamers, but I’m not going to get into that. It’s an incredible tool, and it represents our future.

Whether you’re on board or not.

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Connections @BBC #physics #science #engineering #history #tv

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Look at me. Ending my streak of posts after an entire year, and the very next day posting every day for a week. Will it last? (No.)

I recently rediscovered the BBC show, Connections, hosted by James Burke. I used to watch this with my dad when I was a kid. This is a show about the marvels of science and engineering throughout history and, more to the point, their connections to one another. That is, a technology over here gets merged with a technology over there, and voila! A new invention. 

It’s enough to drive you mad.

I apparently remember it extremely well, because I find myself saying the host’s lines before he says them. Nevertheless, I’m relearning a lot of material. I recently learned about, and wrote a post on, the Cistercian numerals. To my recollection, I never heard of the Cistercian monks before learning about their numbers, yet they were mentioned in the one of the first few episodes, so my memory is exceptional, but not perfect. (My short term memory is failing, which is very unsettling.)

Another thing threw me off a bit. In the first episode – which is a bit scary, by the way – the host describes the New York City blackout of 1977, which left several planes circling overhead with nowhere to land. The flight he expressly mentioned was flight 911. A spooky an odd . . . connection.

Whether your academic or professional background is in science (like me) or history, this is still a fascinating and relevant show.

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