Opher Etzion discusses the evolution of storytelling through the integration of artificial intelligence, transforming traditional roles of authors and readers. The document outlines stages of interactive storytelling, from solicited branching to reader-driven events, emphasizing the collaborative nature of story creation with technology. Etzion aims to find partners for experimentation in both narrative development and technology implementation.

1. Speaker: Opher Etzion
Dynamic stories:
Blend of creativity: the author, the
reader and the computer

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The traditional story writing
A writer is writing the story

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The traditional story writing
The reader is reading it

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The traditional story writing
The computer is used to store, display, sell,
provide information…

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Changing the roles
The reader is part of the authoring
The computer is part of the authoring
The writer becomes a choreographer

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The research goal
Applying Artificial Intelligence techniques to
see how it can evolve stories
Checking the way that readers evolve stories
Evolving the role of writer to choreographer

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The elementary one: fill in the
gaps
Name of a friend
An adjective
A verb ending in 'ed'
A noun
A verb ending in 'ing'
An emotion
Something funny
The name of some food
Name of a friend
A plural noun
A verb
A noun
An adjective

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Branching story

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Event-driven stories
The reader send events, the computer
processes them and controls the story.

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The technology
Today it is associated with sensors, stock
market, autonomic cars and more…

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Stage one: unsolicited branching
The branching is not in decision points but
based on the reader’s wishes – different
branching in different times – but still
predetermined by the author

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Stage two: select between
predetermined events
Here – inference work is increased since
context can differ in time.

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Event types
Add participant, kill participant, create
meeting, create movement…

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Stage 3: Events created by
the reader
Here we can get to situations that the author did not
imagine – but the computer takes control

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Looking for collaborators
Both in the technology side and in the story building
experimentation side
Email: opher.etzion@gmail.com