Cloud Theory

From the Cloud Theory website

Cloud Theory is a relaxing videogame where you lay on the ground and look at clouds. Every once in a while you or your AI friend might see a shape in the clouds, sparking conversations about poodles, life and more. Coming sometime in 2021.

Cloud Theory is part I of the Watching Simulators series, a triptych of games about looking.

It is also a project output of a research project called Machine Unlearning. For Machine Unlearning, in addition to a GPT-3 dialogue engine focused on asking existential questions about life, Cloud Theory is being used as a training environment for AI to be able to recognize shapes in real-world clouds, and say something about them. The Machine Unlearning project is supported by a New School research grant and an OpenAI access grant.

This game is being co-designed with Jason Li (programming, conversation engine) and Anna Garbier (dialogue design and AI trainer)

You can follow along with the project for updates at Colleen's website for the Watching Simulators project