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Ethan Mollick's Fable 5.2 experiment creates 450+ 3D worlds

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Ethan Mollick shared an experiment where he instructed Fable 5.2 to create an endless, automated journey through interconnected 3D worlds. This resulted in the generation of 25,000 agents that built over 450 worlds, drawing inspiration from various sources like books and art. The project, named 'ai-portals', is available for users to explore and has its code hosted on GitHub. AI

IMPACT Demonstrates AI's capability in procedural content generation and agent-based world-building.

RANK_REASON The item describes a personal experiment and demonstration of an AI model's capabilities, rather than a formal release or significant industry event.

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Ethan Mollick's Fable 5.2 experiment creates 450+ 3D worlds

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  1. Bluesky Jetstream — AI desk TIER_1 English(EN) · emollick.bsky.social ·

    In one of my favorite experiments, I told Fable 5.2 to build an endless, hands-off journey through 3D worlds linked by portals.

    In one of my favorite experiments, I told Fable 5.2 to build an endless, hands-off journey through 3D worlds linked by portals. 25,000 agents created over 450 worlds inspired by books, art, places, all in code. Play (its neat): portals-endless-worlds.netlify.app Github: github…

    LINKS github.com/…/ai-portals
  2. Bluesky Jetstream — AI desk TIER_1 English(EN) · emollick.bsky.social ·

    In one of my favorite experiments, I told Fable 5.2 to build an endless, hands-off journey through 3D worlds linked by portals.

    In one of my favorite experiments, I told Fable 5.2 to build an endless, hands-off journey through 3D worlds linked by portals. 25,000 agents created over 450 worlds inspired by books, art, places, all in code. Play (its neat): portals-endless-worlds.netlify.app Github: github…

    LINKS portals-endless-worlds.netlify.app github.com/…/ai-portals

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