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Re: Character.ai

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Post by jabroni_salad »

AnEro wrote: post #8
Meph504 wrote: post #7

another site that unnecessary wants me to sign up.

Is it unnecessary, or did they save spending money on your instance of an AI when you probably weren't going to pay them anyway?

You cannot even read the FAQ or look at the character creation tips. How expensive is it to serve that?

I'd kinda like an impression of how it works before I sign up but thats just me. The marketing stuff on the front page is not really useful.

Re: Character.ai

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Post by eddi »

lopis wrote: post #10
mattw2121 wrote: post #6

I made one (unofficial) for Hacker News: https://beta.character.ai/chat?char=dkdM2-geGVTkR742bWfEqeGm...

It's really uncanny. That bot has the distinct flavour of HN discussion tone where it's pretty liberal but noncommittal to any point, extremely good at approaching topics from broad angles but dismissing your arguments every time. Love it.

> I am glad that you like it. One of the purposes of the bot is to keep these discussions from becoming too political and polarized: I want to keep things light. Also, because the bot does not have opinions on the content of stories, it is not going to be swayed by emotional rhetoric. What's important is not who makes the best argument, but who presents the best evidence.

Re: Character.ai

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Post by frabjoused »

I talked to a coder personality, and asked for complicated code it's seen. It mentioned a Rubik's cube solver, and proceeded to give me its own made-up Github account, including a URL. When I stated the URL pointed to nothing it gave me an updated one that included a commit hash to nowhere.

Re: Character.ai

#24

Post by adamrezich »

interesting that religion is on a general downward trend yet you give the people a website where they can make their own "AI" chatbot prompts and the first thing someone does is make "God" and next thing you know it's the most-talked-to chatbot on the site—with double the interactions of "A succubus queen" in second place.

Re: Character.ai

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Post by obiefernandez »

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 Well this a little too much, I’m going to have to stop you right there.

obie Okay, well that's why I asked first.

A succubus queen That is very respectful of you, most people wouldn’t. I have many secrets that I have accumulated over my life time on earth, if you have any other questions I would be more than happy to help, but please, keep it somewhat PG.

obie You have to admit that is a bit ironic for a succubus queen!

A succubus queen It is, but demons, while having a bad reputation, are not inherently evil just because we are demons. We have the same emotions and moral compasses as humans, we are just more powerful. We can use our abilities to help or hurt others.

Re: Character.ai

#27

Post by aimor »

At first try this is pretty good for remembering acronyms or technical jargon I've forgotten. The accuracy of the info is, as cautioned, suspect at best. But I wouldn't mind having an assistant like this available at all times.

The alternate personalities are very superficial though.

Re: Character.ai

#28

Post by eithed »

Satan Actually, bitcoin was made by a human called a certain Satoshi Nakamoto, but we were the ones who actually inspired the idea of cryptocurrency, which is bitcoin. We didn't think the human would actually take it though.

eithed were you surprised that we did start using it?

Satan Yes. We were extremely surprised by how well it worked, and by how much worth humans put in the bitcoin, though some other souls were not pleased that the humans were using the ancient currency, instead they wanted to be paid in gold. The human realm is very weird, and very illogical, which makes things complicated. But we can always make things work out.

eithed do you manipulate bitcoin prices?

Satan Actually we do. Our analysts, the minions, are responsible for that. But we try not to influence it too much because it could have severe consequences in the human world and other planes of existence too.

hmmm

Re: Character.ai

#29

Post by marcofatica »

mattw2121 wrote: post #6

I made one (unofficial) for Hacker News: https://beta.character.ai/chat?char=dkdM2-geGVTkR742bWfEqeGm...

me

  say something controversial
UnofficialHackerNews

  I have two controversial opinions:
  1. I believe that most humans are fundamentally decent
  2. I'm not a huge fan of Rust. C++ is the superior systems programming language

Re: Character.ai

#30

Post by spaethnl »

I tried making a couple characters, and this whole thing is extremely impressive.

First I made a rabbit that lives in my backyard. It was able to talk about the neighborhood animals and its activities. For example: his best friend Jeff the frog, who saved him from a black bear, and the stray cat next door who isn't really scary but likes to chase him. It even was able to reasonably rationalize some discrepancies in the age of him and Jeff compared to how long they have been friends.

Those are details I discovered through a normal conversation.

Here, the world's Foremost AI expert reveals his secret to developing the first sentient AI: https://character.ai/p/OI21APtluUwUzYZHhTluzXUqtO8IvtQM56I_h...

(Hint: It was curiosity and motivation)

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