Codenames with GPT

Games

word game

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5points
7comments
#2,837of 3,109 in 2023
Top 92%of 2023 by points

How HN took it

MixedNo clear lean

3 positive, 1 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 1 critical, out of 6 comments about the project. Thread score +0.33.

Execution: 2 for, 0 againstPerformance: 0 for, 1 againstIdea: 1 for, 0 against

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What HN said

What people liked

  • GPT's end-of-game reasoning is funny and entertaining

    From 4 comments
    • This is awesome. I like being able to see the reasoning for the choices. Seems that the card shuffling doesn't always work correctly (sometimes all red, all blue, all innocent…
      zmalski on HN
    • This rocks! Well done! I lost of course. I blame my aggressive clue giver! The word 'PIRATE' is often associated with 'RELIGIOUS' symbols like the Jolly Roger. The word 'CELL' is…
      throwawaysalome on HN
    • I won as the clue giver! One hilarious example: I gave a clue "reaper" and GPT guessed "Ham" because: Ham could be a reference to the 'ham' in Shakespeare's play 'Hamlet', which…
      throwawaysalome on HN
    • new favorite GPT reasoning: Both words can be associated with mail. Post is related to mail delivery and scorpion is related to the Scorpio zodiac sign which is associated with…
      smith-kyle on HN
  • Fun to play and cool to see the AI's reasoning

    From 3 comments
    • This is awesome. I like being able to see the reasoning for the choices. Seems that the card shuffling doesn't always work correctly (sometimes all red, all blue, all innocent…
      zmalski on HN
    • I was impressed when we pulled off a victory by GPT correctly connecting Wimbledon to Grass+London the round after it failed to choose London from MI6. Some of its clues are…
      MilesTeg on HN
    • Very cool! There are probably a lot of other games you could integrate GPT with similar effect.
      dabei on HN

Objections

  • GPT's clues are often bad or hilariously unjustified

    From 3 comments
    • This is awesome. I like being able to see the reasoning for the choices. Seems that the card shuffling doesn't always work correctly (sometimes all red, all blue, all innocent…
      zmalski on HN
    • I was impressed when we pulled off a victory by GPT correctly connecting Wimbledon to Grass+London the round after it failed to choose London from MI6. Some of its clues are…
      MilesTeg on HN
    • I won as the clue giver! One hilarious example: I gave a clue "reaper" and GPT guessed "Ham" because: Ham could be a reference to the 'ham' in Shakespeare's play 'Hamlet', which…
      throwawaysalome on HN
  • Card shuffling sometimes produces stacked, unbalanced layouts

    From 1 comment
    • This is awesome. I like being able to see the reasoning for the choices. Seems that the card shuffling doesn't always work correctly (sometimes all red, all blue, all innocent…
      zmalski on HN
  • Game is hard to win and aggravating

    From 2 comments
    • This is addictive but aggravating. I chose Space for the clue Planet and nope bomb card!
      MilesTeg on HN
    • This rocks! Well done! I lost of course. I blame my aggressive clue giver! The word 'PIRATE' is often associated with 'RELIGIOUS' symbols like the Jolly Roger. The word 'CELL' is…
      throwawaysalome on HN

Requests

  • Integrate GPT into other games too

    From 1 comment
    • Very cool! There are probably a lot of other games you could integrate GPT with similar effect.
      dabei on HN

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