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From: pww+@A.GP.CS.CMU.EDU (Peter Weyhrauch)
Subject: Re: AI and IF
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On 26-Apr-93, Karl Steiner writes:

   BTW - Is it some of the details of the examples I have given that you
   find debatable? Or do you think structure of any type, even an evolving,
   flexible structure, is undesirable in an IF?

   Karl

Karl,

I was just trying to figure out if there were such long-term improvs
out there that I hadn't heard of.  I very strongly think that a
structure is desireable for interactive fiction.  One problem to
finding such a structure is that there aren't very many good examples
from other media, much less good ideas about how to represent and
reason about them.  In my mind, it seems a computer would have to get
pretty explicit on order to use such a structure to shape the story.
Naturally, finding any examples of how how humans do this could be
valuable when trying to understand how to perform the same task with a
computer.

	Peter
