The first word game I remember playing was Mad Libs and I happily discovered they are still around today. Mad Magazine and Mad Libs are not affiliated, but both had an influence on my becoming a writer.

If you are not familiar with Mad Libs, let my old pal ChatGPT introduce you.

Prompt
Define “Mad Libs,” the fill-in-the-blank word game. Use the year in which it was invented.

ChatGPT
Mad Libs is a playful word game that originated in 1953. In this game, players fill in missing words in a given passage to create amusing and often nonsensical stories. By providing various types of words like nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs, players inject their own creativity and humor into the narrative. The result is a hilarious and unpredictable tale that brings laughter and entertainment to gatherings and social events.

I began thinking about Mad Libs again because I wanted to come up with creative ways to make ChatGPT perform tricks like an AI circus animal. So, let’s see if The Machine can do Mad Libs.