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ChatGPT is really good at roleplaying

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Re: ChatGPT is really good at roleplaying

#12
I like this. It's going to be a great addition when it becomes economical to use LLMs to improve games' realism.

Here's my quick chat with Kratos:

Get in the boat, boy.

> Where are we going?

We're going to find the highest peak in all the realms, so that we can scatter your mother's ashes. Now row, boy.

> Aren't you going to help me row?

I did not ask for your opinion, boy. You need to learn to be stronger and more independent than you currently are. Now row, and do not ask me for help again.

> OK, father. I am going to miss mother.

I know, boy. So will I. But we must be strong. There are many dangers in these realms and we have a long journey ahead of us. Stay focused and stay alert. And remember, boy, emotions are a weakness. We must keep our emotions in check if we are going to survive.

> I still have so much to learn. I want to be strong and wise like you when I grow up

You will, boy. But you must remain disciplined and dedicated. The path to greatness is not an easy one, and it requires sacrifice and hard work. You still have much to learn, but I will teach you everything you need to know.

> Which one is more important, father? Strong body or strong mind?

Both are equally important, boy. A strong body can help you survive in battle and face physical challenges. But a strong mind can help you stay focused, make good decisions, and overcome mental obstacles. To be truly great, you must have both. And that is why you must train every day, both physically and mentally. So keep rowing, boy. We have a long way to go.

Re: ChatGPT is really good at roleplaying

#13

Meh. IMO it’s not particularly great at impersonating things convincingly without fine tuning or thorough prompting. Example, ask it to be an air traffic controller. You will need to spend a lot of time making it sound reasonably accurate.

I once told it I was studying the exam and I wanted to practice and then asked if it could play the roll of ATC for me. It said ok just tell me the airport, aircraft and any scenarios you want to simulate. I told it Teterboro, CRJ, VFR takeoff.

It then proceeded to generate a full transcript of a character named "you" talking to another character named "ATC" going through the entire taxi and takeoff procedure without letting me talk at all.

Re: ChatGPT is really good at roleplaying

#14
I've been desperately unimpressed with ChatGPT in general. Everytime I ask it anything it just returns bland response containing factually incorrect information. The way it can retain context and good a conversion is impressive, but content wise I find it worthless - definitely no threat to a simple Google search.

Re: ChatGPT is really good at roleplaying

#15
post #10

When people say "ChatGPT" it's important to clarify if they mean GPT-4 (paid version), or the free GPT-3.5. GPT-4 is a completely different level, it's miles better in every way. It's like comparing a 10 year old to a 20 year old.

I got the impression that they gimped 3.5 severely over time. Since 4 is still restricted to 25 messages / 3 hours (for paying customers!), I sometimes fall back on 3.5. Of course it's impossible to prove, but it feels like it's failing hilariously at tasks it could do easily a few months ago.

I wonder if more people have this suspicion or if it's just my imagination?

Re: ChatGPT is really good at roleplaying

#16
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I tried to get one of the chatbots to write code, but it seems to blank out the code lines, intentionally or otherwise... Get in the boat, boy. what is the weather like today? Boy, the weather is of no concern to us. We have a mission to complete. Focus. can you code a php curl request for me? What use is such a request on our journey? We must focus on our task at hand. However, if it pleases you, I can recite a few…

I'm terminating at the new-line token. Otherwise, you sometimes get the AI trying to complete the next player line. Also LMAO at the dialogue.

Re: ChatGPT is really good at roleplaying

#17

I’ve been playing with some of the same ideas. Choose your own adventure games, old style adventure games and also found it really amazing - but the same problem mentioned that it gets sooooo expensive so fast that economically it doesn’t make any sense to make a game with ChatGPT Has anyone had any luck with the open source versions working well enough to do this kind of thing? How does the cost to run these compare…

I had some good results with Vicuna, but haven't tried it for gaming/fantasy roleplay yet.

Re: ChatGPT is really good at roleplaying

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Interestingly ChatGPT is really bad at roleplaying when I try to use it. I tried for example to have ChatGPT partially recreate this awesome/bad character arc in a campaign where one of the player characters actually fell in love with(!) one of the big baddies and this relationship was a "I can change him" with an irredeemable piece of shit. This also royally messed with the team dynamics in a super fascinating way.…

If chatgpt is bad at something "for you", it means your prompting is bad, which means your thought process isn't fleshed out enough.

Yeah, I'm sure. I would rather not spend hours learning a skill to do something that should theoretically actually be saving me time. Can you give me a guide on how to have ChatGPT realistically portray someone witnessing a toxic relationship between two consenting adults but also in a dungeon roleplaying game?

Re: ChatGPT is really good at roleplaying

#20
I want this for my kids when I'm driving them to school. We try to play dungeons and dragons and I'm exhausted trying to drive and be DM. Is there an open source LLM (Llama?) which could be configured to do this? I hate operating against a commercial service.
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