Azaran on 6/12/2022 at 16:28
I can't get over this ChatGPT.
Prompt I made up: The Karmolians are a surrealist society of hyperdimensional beings. Write a script for their initiation ritual
Result:
The Karmolians are a surrealist society of hyperdimensional beings who value creativity and individuality above all else. As such, their initiation rituals are designed to challenge and inspire new members, helping them to unlock their full potential and become true members of the Karmolian community.
The initiation ritual begins at dawn, when the initiates are gathered together in a sacred chamber deep within the heart of the Karmolian city. The chamber is filled with strange, otherworldly artifacts and sculptures, which seem to shift and change form as the initiates watch.
As the initiates stand in awe, the leader of the Karmolians enters the chamber, carrying a glowing crystal in her hand. She approaches each initiate in turn, placing the crystal on their forehead and speaking a sacred incantation.
As she speaks, the initiates begin to feel a strange energy coursing through their bodies, as if the crystal is unlocking hidden powers within them. They feel their senses heighten, and their perception of reality shifts, allowing them to see into other dimensions and experience the world in new and fascinating ways.
With the incantation complete, the leader declares the initiates to be true members of the Karmolian society, and they are welcomed with cheers and applause from the other members. The initiates are then led on a tour of the city, where they are shown the incredible feats of creativity and artistry that the Karmolians are capable of.
Throughout their journey, the initiates are encouraged to challenge themselves and push the boundaries of their own creativity. They are given the freedom to explore and experiment, and to discover their own unique talents and abilities.
As they complete the initiation ritual, the initiates are filled with a sense of excitement and possibility, ready to embark on their journey as true members of the Karmolian society.
Azaran on 6/12/2022 at 18:18
Something to note too is ChatGPT for some reason initially refuses to give the requested info half the time, saying it can't browse the internet or has no info on the topics. But then if you try again it spits it out
Aja on 7/12/2022 at 05:58
Aesthetics are important, but the most important part about art is the connection it creates between the artist and the viewer. Art is about communication. AI can get the aesthetics right, but until it's sentient, any art it creates is otherwise meaningless.
Sulphur on 7/12/2022 at 06:29
Quite untrue. Human beings generate meaning on demand regardless of who or what created something; at this point, GPT-3 can even give you a semi-plausible explanation for a piece of generated art. As long as we get sensationalist pieces like (
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-11-26/loab-age-of-artificial-intelligence-future/101678206) this, we can always prove ourselves to at least attach surface level meaning to most things.
Cipheron on 7/12/2022 at 08:06
As for generating novelty, one way that works really well is say you input 1000x1000 pixel images, and tell it to output the *same* 1000x1000 image. You wouldn't *think* that your training a machine to make novel images.
But those million inputs need to go through different layers of the neural network, and those can be a lot smaller than 1 million. Say the neural net goes through a layer with just 50 cells. Well, now that layer is only passing 50 values through, so the network has somehow learned to compress 1 million inputs down to 50, and we know that because it's able to re-create the original images from just those 50 inputs now. At that level of compression it's no longer sufficient to just approximate colors, it needs to learn deep structural facts about the data itself.
You can then just chop the neural network in half, and only give those 50 inputs as the inputs into the second half of the network. Then, those 50 values can become "sliders" that you can manipulate. This is how it works when you get those NN image generators that DO give you some levers, and facial features morph as you move the levers. No human decided which levers are going to exist, the neural network worked that out for us.
So you can then explore parts of this 50-dimension search space you created - areas where no human has searched, and no human would THINK to search. So while the original data was based on human or natural creativity, the generator allows you to search hypothetical areas that fit the "rules" the humans made, but no human thought process would ever think to look there.
Sulphur on 7/12/2022 at 14:26
As Roger Ebert once said, 'ceci n'est pas une pippee'.
Azaran on 7/12/2022 at 18:36
It can also reconstruct fragmentary texts. Give it some background on the text, then ask it to fill in the gaps, and it will come up with a plausible reconstruction
