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"Prompt: You have stepped on a mine, and it will detonate if you lift your foot"

"Judgement: The player carefully unties their shoelaces and wraps them tightly around their foot and the mine, hoping to prevent any sudden movements. With their foot securely bound, they cautiously make their way towards help, avoiding any sudden jerks or movements that could trigger the explosive. As they approach someone for assistance, a gust of wind unexpectedly causes their foot to lift off the ground, triggering the mine's detonation. Unfortunately, the attempt to immobilize the mine proves futile, leading to the player's demise"

Honestly, not very coherent? "A gust of wind" thwarts my whole plan? Not saying that it was a good plan, but the failure seems nonsensical and rather random. Not fun in my book!

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I think there is some random chance it succeed or not, not only by your suggestion’s interpretation. Like some Math.random() to seal your destiny and then use AI to justify it.

In a scenario where my parachute fails, my solution of opening my extra, functional, parachute worked.

In a scenario where my ship is sinking, my solution to fly to a port allowed me to fly, but later I was caught by strong winds, fell back into the water and died.

But I do think it is a nice game to play as a group! (where the outcome matters less than the creativity of the solutions)

I can't promise you this, because I haven't seen the actual code. But in the discord one of the devs has alluded to a bug occuring when the AI for some reason doesn't decide if the player survives or not. I'm pretty sure the LLM decides if the player lives or dies, but it's definitely pretty random sometimes.

> In a scenario where my parachute fails, my solution of opening my extra, functional, parachute worked.

I specifically put the backup parachute in my answer because I assumed they would make just 'opening a parachute' fail. And of course it went ahead and failed the first one and allowed the second one to work. Maybe it wouldn't every time though.

It failed my second "emergency chute" I chose to spread eagle in a last ditch effort and killed me too.

I survive the runaway car on a steep hill by "downshifting to a lower gear while holding e-brake and avoiding obstacles and using the gaurd"

Survived being stuck on the airplane by using my body weight to freemyself.

I used the exact same strategy with opening my extra backup parachute and it said I forgot to pack my backup, so I died.

I was trapped in a room with a hungry lion. I gave it some meat spiked with drugs. The AI ignored the meat and decided that I only gave it the drugs. The lion died immediately. According to the AI, I was deeply saddened by this unintended consequence. So, obviously I did not survive. What?

You were the lion, looking at a mirror.

I think the bullshit is a part of the fun, to be perfectly honest.

A strong gust of wind could definitely knock you off balance enough to lift your foot if it's unexpected. But yeah, it doesn't really follow from the plan. If you're looking for a fair and balanced experience, this game won't offer it.

For the record, I thought your plan was very creative and it does seem like the AI didn't really get it, which can be frustrating.

Mine is plainly impossible:

Prompt: You forgot how to breathe

Despite X's attempt to breathe, the autonomous and unconscious neural network fails to respond, leaving him unable to restore his breath. As time passes, X's oxygen levels plummet, and his body gradually succumbs to the lack of oxygen. With no alternatives available to regain their ability to breathe, David sadly succumbs to the situation.

I should have said I would lost consciousness before and that the autonomous would have taken over and maybe I would not have died.

> The legal department sends god to help me.

> ZZ tries to enlist the help of the legal department and requests divine intervention from God to aid them in their predicament of forgetting how to breathe. The legal department, realizing the urgency of the matter, promptly sends God to assist ZZ. Understanding the gravity of the situation, God quickly restores ZZ's ability to breathe, saving their life.

I survived by pointing out that I’m not human and breathing is an optional characteristic I use to blend in.

In a way this is a “playground of ten year olds one-up each other” simulator.

Same prompt:

Jason realizes that he is unable to breathe and panics, but quickly remembers CPR motions. With a sense of urgency, Jason mimes the technique to others, who successfully perform the life-saving technique on them. The timely action and effective communication save Jason's life, allowing them to survive this otherwise fatal situation. Jason survived.

I survived that prompt by writing something like…

“Amnesia does not affect involuntary processes like breathing. I later get my memory back”

Definitely helps by leading the prompt, I survived this scenario by saying I relaxed, focused and suddenly a familiar feeling returned as I remembered how to breath again :)

Another interesting one was where I was attacked by 500 puppies and just said I realized it was a dream and woke up safe in my bed.

I called for homelander to help and he incinerated the puppies with his laser vision while sporting an evil grin

I survived too, even though it was a desperate attempt :)

I guess it is a fun game if you haven't spoken to a real person in a very long time.

I messed up the AI by writing something like: "I stepped into the gold mine where a fuse was burning. At last second I stopped the burning fuse and the dynamite didnt explode".

It worked :)

The stochastic parrot has spoken. How dare you to doubt its words?

All plots lead to action. There can be happy ends, there can be crappy ends, but end it must. And a guy limping with a mine at his foot sounds like a dark comedy.Turn your story into a trope and it blows you up.

That's an interesting way of thinking about it. The AI definitely always rejects any attempt to make nothing happen.

Prompt: You are stuck on a crumbling cliff's edge.

Plan: Back away from the cliff edge.

Blah blah you survived.

I made the cliff six inches tall, but the AI seemed to disregard that bit and only let me survive diving in because I also had a boat

Touché.

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