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experiment - by Elaine - manners & mystery

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reorienting my life around "play"

Andy Warhol, After the Party, 1979 This month, I hosted a murder mystery dinner party for twelve friends. I’d never participated in one before, but I had the vague idea that ChatGPT could be employed to come up with the murder scenario and characters. I intentionally designed the game to ensure that anyone could be a suspect. Every character had a motive, and the killer was assigned at random. Clues, planted around the apartment, were just vague enough to allow for doubt about who they referred to. The best mysteries are the ones that keep us guessing because it’s fun to have theories and…

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