Is anybody working on teaching an AI to do some TWX scripting?

I've gone from thinking I'd never need AI to wondering if a couple
years from now we'll be totally dependent on its use.

We won't be dependent on it - it's just a productivity tool.

And anyway, it looks like ChatGPT already knows some stuff. Here's what it gave me for the prompt "can you write a twxproxy script that moves colonists from sector 1 to planet number 23 in the current sector and assigns them to fuel ore?"

I haven't tested it.

(edit:) looks like it's not gonna get to sector 1 unless it's right next door, maybe. But if you tell that to ChatGPT it'll probably fix it properly. Then you'll find another problem, and you can get ChatGPT to help you fix that, too. And on and on, just like with any other language. It's pretty tedious but it still beats doing all of it yourself. Sometimes.

# SCRIPT: move_colonists_to_planet23.ts
# PURPOSE: Move colonists from sector 1 to a planet in another sector, then assign to Fuel Ore

proc main
# Move to sector 1
setTextLineTrigger 1 moveDone "Command [TL="
send "1*"
pause
:moveDone

# Check if we have colonists in our hold
setTextLineTrigger 2 checkColonists "Citadel command (?=Help)"
send "c"
pause
:checkColonists

# Launch from citadel
send "q"

# Assuming we're carrying colonists now
# Move to the destination sector (example: 5)
# If you want to stay in current sector and planet is here, skip this
# Uncomment below and change sector if needed
# setTextLineTrigger 3 warpDone "Command [TL="
# send "5*"
# pause
:warpDone

# Land on planet #23
setTextLineTrigger 4 planetMenu "Planet #23 command (?=Help)"
send "l23"
pause
:planetMenu

# Transfer all colonists from ship to planet
setTextLineTrigger 5 planetMenu2 "Planet #23 command (?=Help)"
send "tc"
pause
:planetMenu2

# Assign colonists to Fuel Ore production
setTextLineTrigger 6 prodMenu "Production command (?=Help)"
send "p"
pause
:prodMenu

# Assign all available colonists to Fuel Ore
setTextLineTrigger 7 done "Production command (?=Help)"
send "f"
pause
:done

# Done!
send "q"
halt
end

Micro is working on that since he can't see well anymore he's using it as a programing tool. not for twx though.


sk

You're fired, ChatGPT. That script was terrible.