https://gfrm.in/categories/interactive-fiction/Recent content in Interactive-Fiction on Guy FreemanHugoenMon, 23 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://gfrm.in/posts/teaching-zork/Tue, 28 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://gfrm.in/posts/teaching-zork/<div class="callout callout-note"> This is Part 2 of a series. For the axioms and types underneath, see <a href="https://gfrm.in/posts/three-types/">Part 1: Three Types and a Funeral</a>. For the state-representation consequences, see <a href="https://gfrm.in/posts/loop-problem/">Part 3: The Loop Problem</a>. </div> <p>Every AI agent demo involves web search, retrieval, or API calls &mdash; tasks where querying everything is merely expensive. A LangChain ReAct agent that hammers all four tools on every question wastes money but still gets answers. The penalty is economic, not existential.</p>