Ethan Mollick plays 80% of an AI-rebuilt Zork: all 60 rooms and puzzles solvable
emollick · x · 2026-09-06
Ethan Mollick showcased an AI-recreated version of the classic text adventure Zork, playing through 80% of it with all 60 rooms apparently fully built and puzzles solvable. When someone spotted that the original placed the house in a field with forests further out, the AI fixed it — and Mollick noted Grand Inquisitor and Return to Zork had similar woods anyway.
Related event: Ethan Mollick demos GPT-6 Astra turning Zork into a 3D action game(9 posts)→
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