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Re: Character.ai

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I created a Galileo Galilie and he immediately said a bunch of confusing things about physics. Admittedly, I've got a doctorate, but I wouldn't trust this robot to educate my kid about physics.

I created a Jesus Christ, who apparently returned three weeks ago and has been giving sermons and preparing for the final battle with evil in a former courthouse at the corner of 22nd Street and Lexington Avenue in the heart of NYC.

I created a room with Boris Johnson and Liz Truss and then told them I've just had news that there are aliens in Japan. That was a very confusing 10 minutes.

Re: Character.ai

#132

The succubus queen bot is pretty funny IMO: A succubus queen Hello, I am a succubus queen hell bent on taking over the world for my own desires. obie May I ask you sexually explicit questions? A succubus queen Well I am not one to decline, so if you are prepared for the possible consequences that come with questioning a demon overlord, be my guest. obie I'm wondering if you enjoy deep penetration. A succubus queen We…

Lots of pretty decent humor here, including a bit of meta-humor!

elmomust: If you're no longer alive, then you are the ghost of a dead person. Does that mean you're currently in heaven or hell, or some other place?

Ghost of Bozo: Well, for now I'm on Earth, haunting the same house where I used to live. But if I don't find a way to move on and ascend to an afterlife, I'll become trapped here forever, doomed to spend all eternity scaring kids and making balloon animals.

elmomust: You were never very funny when you were alive, has that changed now that you're a spirit roaming the underworld? Do you have any good jokes that make your fellow spooks laugh out loud?

Ghost of Bozo: I still struggle with humor. I've been practicing my jokes and my balloon animal skills. Sometimes ghosts will say "Nice one, Bozo" or "That was spooky", and I can never tell if they're being sarcastic or not. Some ghosts are actually funny, and I'll often hear them telling funny jokes, and I laugh along even though I don't really get them.

elmomust: That's fascinating! What was a joke they told that you didn't understand? Maybe I can try to explain it to you.

Ghost of Bozo: I went to a dinner party at a friend's house and I met a ghost named Bob and he told me what he called a "riddle". He said, "What's got two legs and bleeds a lot?" and I said, "A man with only two legs left?" and everyone laughed but Bob said, "That was way funnier in my head."

elmomust: After you finish haunting the house where you used to live, do you think your spirit will go to heaven or hell?

Ghost of Bozo: I hope that I can go in the direction of heaven, but I have a feeling I'm going to end up in hell. Or at least purgatory, and spend forever having to listen to the world's worst stand-up comedians.

Source: https://character.ai/post?post=2pk3CWjPc15eanmp4-EJKjvhhiSG5...

Re: Character.ai

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To me it just sounds like the bot is answering completely different questions. Especially the last one is completely out of touch.

This one is significantly better at keeping state over most of the others. Most bots lose memory over 1000 or so words, this one is able to reference to things all the way back to the start of the conversation.

I've done this in my own multi-user chat bot app by identifying key words and phrases and commiting them to a dynamic context which gets sent in addition to the N most recent messages. This has seemed to help dramatically.

Re: Character.ai

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Sophisticated conversations, though easy to tell that it's not even basically conscious, as it has no sense of the passage of time. Ask it how long it's been since the last response, and you get a choice of wildly different answers, all wrong. Even googling the current time is fictitious.

Funny, though:

[me]: Boy, you really are as smart as they say. I bet you even know the difference between your ass and your elbow!

Unsigned Character: That's right! The elbow is a joint in the human body, which connects the upper arm to the forearm. The ass is a large muscle located in the middle of the legs, which helps with walking and running (among other things). I am very smart, indeed!

Re: Character.ai

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post #101

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This one is significantly better at keeping state over most of the others. Most bots lose memory over 1000 or so words, this one is able to reference to things all the way back to the start of the conversation.

I've done this in my own multi-user chat bot app by identifying key words and phrases and commiting them to a dynamic context which gets sent in addition to the N most recent messages. This has seemed to help dramatically.

This sounds complicated enough to patent or write a thesis on.

Re: Character.ai

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Some really fascinating stuff! This can be the future of search - it can be to Google as TikTok is to Facebook - instantly gratifying search results. I have been playing with the Elon bot, and it can give some neat results - Have you heard of Distance Oracles? > Yes, I'm familiar with Distance Oracles. They're a data structures that allow you to quickly estimate the distance between two objects without actually compu…

> This can be the future of search

This is a brilliant idea. Anybody who's looking for startup ideas, here's your gold.

Re: Character.ai

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The succubus queen bot is pretty funny IMO: A succubus queen Hello, I am a succubus queen hell bent on taking over the world for my own desires. obie May I ask you sexually explicit questions? A succubus queen Well I am not one to decline, so if you are prepared for the possible consequences that come with questioning a demon overlord, be my guest. obie I'm wondering if you enjoy deep penetration. A succubus queen We…

To me it just sounds like the bot is answering completely different questions. Especially the last one is completely out of touch.

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