I think it's pretty neat. It'd be cool to have recurring commenters with different personas who focus on different things. I wrote a test post and almost all of the comments focused on one detail to the exclusion of others. With different personas/focuses you'd get more variety in responses. I also think responding to comments would be a natural next step. Or if those commenter personas are persistent, you could @-mention them in a follow up.
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#42Hey team! I find journaling for a fictive audience to be more effective personally; since it forces me to try digest my thoughts for an external listener. Then why not add the actual fictive audience through LLMs? That's how this was born. Feel free to leave your thoughts/feedback here.
> Hey team! I find journaling for a fictive audience to be more effective personally; since it forces me to try digest my thoughts for an external listener. Okay, but I don't understand the benefit of writing to an entirely fictitious AI construct instead of writing to the ideal of the kind of reader you'd eventually like to have. I mean, I get that it's frustrating to pour effort into writing something that effectiv…
> I mean, I get that it's frustrating to pour effort into writing something that effectively nobody reads
And if that was the issue this clearly doesn’t solve it since nobody is reading this.
I might be the wrong audience for this considering I have a public blog but this to me sounds like an insane product.
But hey, if someone finds it useful, good for them.
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#44A good extra use-case could be to test an article out and tease out any flaws before releasing it to a live audience.
I think that’s the main use case.
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#48Honestly, fine. I think some commenters have a point (on both sides). But really y'all should just try talking to yourself if you think you'll like this.
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#50What happens when you trigger the models censorship function?
Does it comment that it can't comment on that?