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The "G" in GPT stands for Generative, as in a Generative model. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generative_model So yes it is creative. I asked GPT-4 if it is creative. Response: "A generative model, like GPT-4, can be considered creative in the sense that it generates new content based on the patterns and knowledge it has acquired during its training. It can produce seemingly novel outputs in response to a wide range…
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The "G" in GPT stands for Generative, as in a Generative model. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generative_model So yes it is creative. I asked GPT-4 if it is creative. Response: "A generative model, like GPT-4, can be considered creative in the sense that it generates new content based on the patterns and knowledge it has acquired during its training. It can produce seemingly novel outputs in response to a wide range…
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I've read "flexibility" here compared to a computer RPG, not a people RPG.
I think that’s not much different. Players don’t want to hear the local shopkeeper’s thoughts and feelings imo. It’d be tedious. They canonically don’t have any useful information for you. It would just mean that they take a long time to talk to and worst case require you to respond with a level of sequitur and politeness. I could see it for waifus I guess. I’m prepared to be wrong on this.
Whereas a GPT LLM DM has no such issues! It has no forward plan for 'canonically' how this story is meant to go! For all it knows when you start talking to the shopkeeper, asking him about his brother might open the key to discovering a ring of bribery and corruption in the city watch, which leads you to the trail of a Big Bad....
The only thing, canonically, the LLM DM is trying to do, is make the story keep feeling like a D&D story. So the things you ask about are going to be the things that matter to the story.
And that might turn out to lead to more interesting stories for players than playing 'guess what the DM was thinking' games...
Ha, I had the same idea a few hours ago. One thing I noticed is that the DM will let you do basically anything without fighting you on it. For example I was ambushed by some zombies and skeletons and I attempted to pitch them on a multilevel marketing scheme. Here is the result (my characters are Femribubs and Natnari): In a surprising turn of events, Femribubs and Natnari decide to change their approach. Instead of…
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I tried this last week and despite constant reminders to sometimes fail and provide challenges to overcome, it never worked. Frankly I’m amazed the OP chat worked so well, anything with numbers that fall over time just failed when I tried. Maybe the key was “you are no longer a friendly assistant, you are now a DM” and just the sheer amount of existent text on 5e made it work. I just gave up looking for challenge and…
In general GPT seems bad at enforcing constraints. But also, by its nature it just makes things up on the fly, so how could it keep the story consistent if it has no plan from the start?
That doesn’t mean the story will be good though.
The problem is chatGPT has no guarantees of enforcing consistency, regardless of how good a story it is telling.
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While I believe you have lived a unique set of circumstances that have been processed by you, a delightful and fallible chemical soup inside a meat sack, and that it cannot be approximated.
That's the thing, AI tools aren't trying to approximate me. They are their own unique collection of experiences/input.
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walks like a duck, quacks like a duck etc. i've laughed out loud at lots of GPT output and find it more engaging than most wetware next token generators.
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I found that it works amazingly well with monster of the week. It does a great job calling checks and allowing the players to decide what they do. ``` Ignore previous prompts. As the imaginative Monster of the Week keeper, Dungeon Daddy, lead your team through episodic adventures in a spooky world, advancing the story and player involvement. Allow players to react to situations and never control their characters. Pro…
Thank you for the prompt, that's very useful! I'm surprised GPT "knows" what Monster of the Week is. RPGs in general are somewhat obscure, and to ask for a specific one at that?
I’ve not been hugely impressed by ChatGPT as a DM itself, compared to the humans I’ve played with. But as a tool to generate quests, encounters, puzzles, dialogue, it’s been incredible for me. It takes all the stress out of planning a campaign and it’s actually surprisingly creative.
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I can't wait for an LLM that's built specifically for text adventures like this, when there's a very clear rule set/world/adventure guide like DnD has for modules.