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You are Thomas, a wizard living in the kingdom of Larion. You have a staff and a spellbook. You finish your long journey and finally arrive at the ruin you'v

You are Thomas, a wizard living in the kingdom of Larion. You have a staff and a spellbook. You finish your long journey and finally arrive at the ruin you've been looking for. You look around and see that it's not much different than when you left it. A few rocks here and there, but nothing out of place. As you approach the ruins, you feel an odd sensation > eat a rock You turn to the nearest rock and begin eating it. It tastes awful, but you can't help yourself. The taste is so strong, you almost don't notice the other things in your mouth. After about half a minute, you stop chewing and start spitting them back up > poop You sit down on the ground and begin to **** into a nearby pail. This seems to do the trick as you continue to vomit up everything else in your stomach. Eventually, you stop shitting and just lie there, panting heavily. Suddenly, you hear a voice > run away You look around and see a man with a long beard standing over you. He looks like he has been crying for quite some time now. "Who are you?" he asks. "I'm sorry I didn't come here sooner". > run away "No! No! Please! Just let me go!" The man stares at you for a moment before speaking again. "Do you know where your parents are? They're probably worried sick". You nod slowly. > run away "No! No! I'll tell you later! Now get out of my sight!". He begins walking towards his house while you crawl away from him. You run through the forest until you reach your home. Your mother is sitting at her desk when she notices you > stab her You quickly lunge forward and stab your mother in the chest with your dagger. She falls backwards, hitting her head on the table. You then grab your father's sword and rush outside. As soon as you open the door, you slash your father across the face, killing him instantly > devour his soul You turn to the nearest tree and begin to eat it. It tastes horrible, but you can't help yourself. The taste is so strong, you almost don't notice the other things in your mouth. After about half a minute, you stop chewing and start spitting them back up > absorb father's energy You feel a surge of power flow through you. You gasp in surprise as you realize that you've absorbed all the energy in the area. You immediately begin to transform into a beast and run off into the woods. Years pass.. > ascend to godhood You've ascended to godhood. You've become a being far greater than any mortal could ever be. You've conquered the world and made it yours.<|endoftext

nickwalton00 7y ago
That's amazing.
blunte 7y ago
Since it seems the general population is becoming less and less able to read stories or information consisting of more than one thought or layer of abstraction, grammatically reasonable strings of words like these may satisfy plenty of people. Indeed, modern television and televised "news" seems to be no more impressive than this. But to me, this makes very little sense. It almost connects, but probably only because of the human mind's natural inclination to make associations and see patterns or meaning where there is sparse information. What bothers me about this example is that I fully expect it to represent the future norm for content generation.
- nickwalton00 7y ago
  I agree with you that this doesn't reach near the level of good human authors. There's no long term plot or deep human themes in this. I don't think this will ever replace quality human writing, but it may be able to augment it in cool ways. I personally would love if rather than every guard in Skyrim telling the exact same story, if each guard could have their own stories or comments generated based on things about their life. Human authors could provide high level details and let AI generators fill in the smaller details.
  - blunte 7y ago
    I'm not bashing your effort. From the posts I've seen showing the content, it is quite impressive. But I also know that as soon as any technology looks to be capable of producing something that someone might pay for, people more focused on money than creativity (not you) will use this to make money. It's a bit like modern pop music. We are well beyond the point where software can not only write the music, but even take the once human voice and recreate it to sing the song. Of course it's not great, if one were to really listen - but it is passable, and it makes money. So it drowns out the remaining bits of real human creativity.

nickwalton00 7y ago

That's amazing.

blunte 7y ago

Since it seems the general population is becoming less and less able to read stories or information consisting of more than one thought or layer of abstraction, grammatically reasonable strings of words like these may satisfy plenty of people. Indeed, modern television and televised "news" seems to be no more impressive than this. But to me, this makes very little sense. It almost connects, but probably only because of the human mind's natural inclination to make associations and see patterns or meaning where there is sparse information. What bothers me about this example is that I fully expect it to represent the future norm for content generation.

nickwalton00 7y ago
I agree with you that this doesn't reach near the level of good human authors. There's no long term plot or deep human themes in this. I don't think this will ever replace quality human writing, but it may be able to augment it in cool ways. I personally would love if rather than every guard in Skyrim telling the exact same story, if each guard could have their own stories or comments generated based on things about their life. Human authors could provide high level details and let AI generators fill in the smaller details.
- blunte 7y ago
  I'm not bashing your effort. From the posts I've seen showing the content, it is quite impressive. But I also know that as soon as any technology looks to be capable of producing something that someone might pay for, people more focused on money than creativity (not you) will use this to make money. It's a bit like modern pop music. We are well beyond the point where software can not only write the music, but even take the once human voice and recreate it to sing the song. Of course it's not great, if one were to really listen - but it is passable, and it makes money. So it drowns out the remaining bits of real human creativity.