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OpenAI's o1 impresses game designer with scratch and sniff board game idea

OpenAI's o1 impresses game designer with scratch and sniff board game idea

A game designer who runs a personal eval asking new AI models to design a novel game says OpenAI's o1 impressed him by coming up with a scratch and sniff board game where what cards smell like determine what powers they have.

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