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Re: Show HN: Stories for Kids Using AI

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Post by sorokod »

niksmac wrote: post #3
Indoctus wrote: post #2

It wrote a story called the headless horseman that isn't the headless horseman. Seems to suffer from the usual lack of intent that AI art has.

Thanks for the enthusiasm. With all due respect, this experiment is not to solve the problem of AI in general, I am hoping this would help parents/teachers to spend quality time with children.

Do you observe a gap in children's literature that needs to be filled by synthetically generated stories?

Edit, just realized it is a payed service with "third-party advertisers".

Perfect for unengaged parents.

Re: Show HN: Stories for Kids Using AI

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Post by mathgeek »

niksmac wrote: post #5
Obscurity4340 wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Can it retain any stories so if the kid wants to hear it again later, that's an option?

Yes. You can create an account and you will get all the stories you generated for you forever. For now take a look at this one if you will. https://storybee.app/story/the-flowing-blue-river-654f92cb3d...

I am not a lawyer, but I would be careful with saying “you will get… forever” on a public forum as a representative of your company. That doesn’t seem to be what your site terms specify:

> As a default, StoryBee and/or its licensors hold the intellectual property rights for all material on StoryBee.

Re: Show HN: Stories for Kids Using AI

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Post by lukeda »

Hey we are currently in the MVP stage trying to find product market fit with a similar concept, but more focus on the illustrations: https://heytale.com

One major consideration we had with the pricing was comparing it to other providers. $19/month seems quite steep if you compare it to something like Disney Plus.

FYI List of some (likely not all) competitors in this space: https://topai.tools/s/Children's-story-generator https://theresanaiforthat.com/story-writing/

Re: Show HN: Stories for Kids Using AI

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Post by Tadpole9181 »

jtbarrett wrote: post #9

I spent some time with my kid trying to get ChatGPT 4 to write bedtime stories. We found that it kept devolving into the pattern of a generic but acceptable setup followed by something like "and then the heroes solved a variety of challenges, learning together and having fun all the way" that completely skips the meat of the story. We also noticed that it was difficult to goad the AI into adding any quotations; the c…

Most people can't write a good story from start to finish with no planning, and we have an advantage in that kind of thinking compared to AI. Have you tried starting by having it generate a plot, then once that's finished, expand from there?

Anecdotally, I just asked Bing and it made a quite long story with multiple arcs, action, dialogue, and an ending allegory. Might have just been lucky, really.

Re: Show HN: Stories for Kids Using AI

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Post by fy20 »

sorokod wrote: post #12
niksmac wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thanks for the enthusiasm. With all due respect, this experiment is not to solve the problem of AI in general, I am hoping this would help parents/teachers to spend quality time with children.

Do you observe a gap in children's literature that needs to be filled by synthetically generated stories? Edit, just realized it is a payed service with "third-party advertisers". Perfect for unengaged parents.

Here are two issues I have experienced that I feel generated content could help with:

1) My wife and I have different native languages, and we want to teach our children both. A big issue we have is that we can only get books in one of those languages where we live, so whenever we travel to see family we always come back with a suitcase full of books, but we have less books than we would like.

2) My children ask "how does this work" and a book would be a great way to teach them. If it's something I don't know we turn to YouTube, but the quality of that is often lacking and not aimed at children (they are under 5). Example: I was asked why cars get holes when they get old.

Re: Show HN: Stories for Kids Using AI

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Post by sorokod »

fy20 wrote: post #17
sorokod wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Do you observe a gap in children's literature that needs to be filled by synthetically generated stories? Edit, just realized it is a payed service with "third-party advertisers". Perfect for unengaged parents.

Here are two issues I have experienced that I feel generated content could help with: 1) My wife and I have different native languages, and we want to teach our children both. A big issue we have is that we can only get books in one of those languages where we live, so whenever we travel to see family we always come back with a suitcase full of books, but we have less books than we would like. 2) My children ask "how…

Thanks for sharing an angle I didn't consider.

Responsibility of parents aside, I think it boils down to awailability vs. quality.

Two analogies capture this tradeoff

* Junk food to food

* Stable diffusion to art

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