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It literally does not matter how useful AI is or is not because--at least when it comes to the type of generative AI that is the purpose...

I'm deeply confused. Morrus's opinion, which I share is: it is unethical to use AI, because AI (a) is trained by stealing from other...

And it can actually do maths correctly!

There will be no such "explosion of creativity," for a variety of reasons. It will be an explosion of mediocrity. People who can't...

I was being silly, not sarcastic.

Maybe. But it is the classic sandbox, regardless. The GM provides the sand in the box. The agency is in what to do with the sand.

I do not know what the results of the character's actions will be, that's the whole point. If the DM has decided that King Bob rules...

It is neither. Unless you think God is your Dungeon Master. Which, well. I certainly think some folks act like they think God is their...

Ah, but then it's not up to the GM to decide these things with their cruel GM fiat!

Well, that's not what I meant by randomizers. And anyway, you have to have some constraints, because otherwise you end up with...

It is not that randomness is constraining - making the choice anything but the player's own is constraining. It follows that having one...

So now even randomness is constraining?

Sure. And this software was made by a person and does not, to the best of my knowledge, use material stolen from other people. And if...

Well, if your little pegs were equipped with weapons and some of the spaces you could land on triggered combat encounters.

By that logic, it's impossible to have a sandbox game if that game involves a GM. You'd have to invent a GM-less game that uses a ton of...