ChatGPT your way past writer's block

[TadOverdon]

I'm finding that ChatGPT can return more useful information on many subjects in a more condensed form than Google search does. So in that regard, it's another tool for research.

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The Gulfstream G6 is a large, luxury business jet manufactured by Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation. The interior of a G6 jet is typically configured to accommodate up to 19 passengers, with a crew of two or three. The exact interior layout can vary based on the specific configuration chosen by the owner.

The cabin of the G6 is designed to provide maximum comfort and luxury for its passengers. The cabin can be divided into separate areas, including a forward galley, main seating area, and a rear lounge. The seating is typically arranged in a club or conference style, with plush leather seats and ample legroom. The seats can also be converted into fully flat beds for comfortable sleeping during long flights.

The G6 features advanced technology and entertainment systems, including high-speed Wi-Fi, large flat-screen monitors, and a state-of-the-art audio system. The aircraft also has a full-sized galley, complete with a microwave, convection oven, refrigerator, and Nespresso coffee maker.

So, that's a useful place to start. Like any other single online source, you can't just trust it without looking around some more, but it pulls a lot together real fast and can point you toward things.

 

[shinybikiniwife]

I'm terrified to learn if chatGPT can write my darkest fantasies... lol

 

[tenyari]

I'm finding that ChatGPT can return more useful information on many subjects in a more condensed form than Google search does. So in that regard, it's another tool for research.

Like any other single online source, you can't just trust it without looking around some more, but it pulls a lot together real fast and can point you toward things.

I often like to put my 'facts' into the head or dialogue of a character so a 'partially reliable narrator' might actualy have some use if I wanted to know 'more or less about the center of the earth not being full of dinosaurs and dudes in loincloths, but also want to get it a little bit wrong.

I noticed that I want to use the ChatGPT API directly myself, to basically set up my own copy of it privately for writing erotica - it requires paying them by wordcount of what it generates.

That's a big negative for me. I like how Stable Diffusion in the art world is an application I can install, and then I can grab a model that is the training data. I'm not sending my stuff up to someone else and getting a response back.

If someone makes a chat AI that I can install locally and use offline - then I'll get it. Especially if I could then 'train it' by feeding it all of my own stories.

But paying them by the wordcount if I want an uncensored API... might need to pass on that.

 

[tenyari]

One of the points made about exam cheats is asking the students for their sources. ChatGPT is drawing information from web content it calculates is relevant but as yet, doesn't reveal what those sources were.

I saw an article today where a new Chat Bot is in fact generating the citations for people.

At that point, I don't think it's any different than what I was taught to do back in the: grab a source, quote it with a citation, and then offer my own analysis.
- Its the Analysis part that we need to find a way to ensure the student is actually doing.

I'd be all for an exam where I gave the student an assignment, let them pull quotes and citations with the ChatBot, then the analysis had to be written on paper in class.
- That actually teaches for the future. The student is learning how to use the AI as an assistant, and also learning to process the results.

 

[djrip]

I'm finding that ChatGPT can return more useful information on many subjects in a more condensed form than Google search does. So in that regard, it's another tool for research.


So, that's a useful place to start. Like any other single online source, you can't just trust it without looking around some more, but it pulls a lot together real fast and can point you toward things.

I was under the impression from recent articles that it just generated reasonable sounding bullshit. Does it give accurate information? Or just plausible sounding answers it made up?

 

[alohadave]

I was under the impression from recent articles that it just generated reasonable sounding bullshit. Does it give accurate information? Or just plausible sounding answers it made up?

It's kind of like when you read the newspaper. If the story covers something you have any knowledge of, you can see every mistake and wonder how the author ever got a job as a writer. But then you read another article and take it at face value.

It's the same thing. chatGPT is great at sounding convincing if you don't know about what you ask it. I've seen some examples in photography forums and it breaks down really fast.

I've used it generate creative prompts. I used it to create a chant for one of my stories, and for basic plot outline for another story, for ideas that I modify as needed.

 

[Bramblethorn]

I was under the impression from recent articles that it just generated reasonable sounding bullshit. Does it give accurate information? Or just plausible sounding answers it made up?

Pretty much, yeah.

There's a thing called "confabulation" that sometimes happens with people who have brain damage/dementia/etc. They can have huge gaps in their memory, but they don't know they have those gaps. If you ask them about something that lies in one of those gaps, they'll just make up an answer that seems plausible to them, strung between whatever genuine memory they still have. But they have no ability to distinguish the genuine part from the part they invented - they have no idea they're lying to you.

GPT is kind of like somebody who read a large chunk of the Internet, remembered some of it, and confabulates whenever you ask about things in the gaps. It's more likely to have accurate recall for something that it's seen many times over - ask it for something like the Book of Genesis and it can probably give you that text verbatim. But when you ask about something that it's only seen a few times, it's quite likely to give a mix of truth and plausible-sounding fiction.

For example, I asked it for a Wikipedia-style article about Melbourne, Florida and compared that to the actual Wikipedia entry. The Wiki article has a lot of extra stuff that GPT didn't cover, e.g. early human activity in the area; I've edited the Wiki quotes down to only the parts that are relevant for comparison to GPT's effort.

GPT: Melbourne is a city in Brevard County, Florida, United States. It is located in the southeastern part of the state, about 60 miles southeast of Orlando. As of the 2020 census, the population of Melbourne was 82,170, making it the second-largest city in Brevard County.

Wiki: Melbourne /ˈmɛlbərn/ is a city in Brevard County, Florida, United States. It is located 72 mi (116 km) southeast of Orlando. As of the 2020 Decennial Census, there was a population of 84,678.[6] The municipality is the second-largest in the county by both size and population.[7]

Note the discrepancies in distance and population. (I checked the Census cite - Wiki's number of 84,678 is correct, GPT's is not.)

GPT: Melbourne was founded in 1867 by former Confederate soldier Captain Rufus W. Beaujean.

Wiki: The first settlers arrived after 1877. They included Richard W. Goode, his father John Goode, Cornthwaite John Hector, Captain Peter Wright, Balaam Allen, Wright Brothers, and Thomas Mason.[11] Three of these men, Wright, Allen, and Brothers were black freedmen.[12]

I searched on "Rufus W. Beaujean". There is a real person of that name associated with the early history of Melbourne, and this article by the Brevard County Historical Commission discusses him. But AFAICT, he didn't arrive in Melbourne FL until 1886... and while he did serve in the Civil War, he was in the 112th New York Regiment of Volunteers, who fought for the Union. I'm pretty sure that is an important distinction ;-)

(I wonder if part of GPT's confabulation there might have been built on "R.W. Goode" vs. "R.W. Beaujean", and/or "Beaujean" being a French equivalent to "John Goode" but here I'm speculating.)

GPT: It was originally known as "Crane Creek Settlement" because it was situated on the banks of Crane Creek.
In 1880, the name was changed to Melbourne after the Australian city of the same name. The reason for the name change is not entirely clear, but some believe it was due to the fact that many of the area's early settlers were from Melbourne, Australia.

Wiki: The city, formerly called "Crane Creek",[13] was named Melbourne in honor of its first postmaster, Cornthwaite John Hector, an Englishman who had spent much of his life in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (which was in turn named after the British Prime Minister William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne).[14]

A lot of the other information it gave me about Melbourne FL does seem to be accurate. But that's not very useful if I don't know which bits are true and which are false. By the time I've fact-checked it, it'd be less bother just to start with something that's actually designed for factual accuracy. Wiki isn't perfect, but at least it cites sources so one can check the basis for its claims.

 

[djrip]

Upon accessing ChatGPT, the initial cautionary notice presented states that the system's database has been last updated up to the year 2021.

Either way it was talking about the results of the 2020 census.

 

[alohadave]

But that's not very useful if I don't know which bits are true and which are false.

That's the rub. If you already know what is accurate, it's not very useful. And without knowing what you can trust, you can't trust any of it.

 

[spankableBelle]

So after much banging my head against the wall of writer's block, I'm turning to ChatGPT to help me through a critical scene or two.

It won't be much help, given that it stays clear of adult content, but I'll take what I can get. Hopefully, I can come up with some good prompts which I can then word it properly so it fits into my story.

Is anybody else trying this? AI definitely has a future as a writing aid.

Yes.
I've been playing around with it a lot this week. It's interesting.
I am letting it help me with stories ideas based off titles I give it, and letting it help me write blurbs because I fucking hate writing blurbs.

 

[spankableBelle]

I've been using NovelAI myself for the same reason, and bonus it doesn't shy away from pornography in any way.

I haven't looked into NovelAI.
Oh, and that is a bonus. I'm going to look into that later.

 

[spankableBelle]

AI has a limited capacity to generate an original narrative, but it excels at depicting settings and scenarios based on predetermined parameters. For instance, as someone who incorporates symbolism, I can request that it describe a scorching August day in the heart of a city as a metaphor for hell. Then, I can utilize a few selected phrases as a springboard for my writing.

Exactly this.

 

[Emilymcplugger]

So after much banging my head against the wall of writer's block, I'm turning to ChatGPT to help me through a critical scene or two.

It won't be much help, given that it stays clear of adult content, but I'll take what I can get. Hopefully, I can come up with some good prompts which I can then word it properly so it fits into my story.

Is anybody else trying this? AI definitely has a future as a writing aid.

For me, when I feel boxed in by my writing I go for a walk on my own and focus on the writing problem. What’s the issue? What missing? Why doesn’t it work? What’s the problem with this character? And usually the open air, moving forward, nothing but me and my thoughts clear it.

I find it to be the best way of solving such dilemmas, for example, I’m my latest story HOT AND FUZZY I wanted the protagonist to have something with him but not a plant, as that was what was in HOT FUZZ. Went for a walk, came back, had the answer. A magic 8-ball. Requires no care, but does seemingly communicate with its owner.

Use a walk to think about your villain and immerse your brain in theirs.