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I think things started to go wrong here > The knight then grabs his longsword and bows. "bow" here probably refers to "a bending of the head or body in respec

by mithr 5y ago

I think things started to go wrong here > The knight then grabs his longsword and bows. "bow" here probably refers to "a bending of the head or body in respect, submission, assent, or salutation", rather than to the weapon. The knight grabbed his longsword and bowed to you. Your confusion then confused the game. This does expose an interesting common "failure mode" for these types of bots: they assume that all conversations are rational, and are conducted in good faith (as in, no one misunderstands or is actively trying to confuse them). Janelle Shane likes to test AIs that attempt to describe the content of images by asking "how many giraffes are in the picture?", and since most of these have been trained to answer what is in a picture rather than what's not in a picture, they tend to assume that there must be some number of giraffes, and provide answers like "there are 1.5 giraffes".

300bps 5y ago
Not a bad theory but the very first thing I did was enter "look" and it did say there was a longsword on the ground and a bow on the table. Here is the entire unedited transcript: "Good luck, my friend!" the man says. You inventory. You have a short sword, a longsword, a shield, and a crossbow with bolts. You look. You look around and see a longsword lying on the ground and a bow on a table. A large dragon looms in the background, breathing fire. What will you do? You get longsword from the ground. You get your longsword from the ground. You hold it in your hands and examine it for a moment. It's a very sturdy weapon. The knight then grabs his longsword and bows. You inventory. You have a crossbow. What will you do? You don't have enough experience to know what a good shot is. You get longsword and bow. You grab the bow and the longsword. You examine the crossbow. It's a bolt-action weapon. You inventory. You have a crossbow, a short sword, a longsword, a lantern, a flint and steel, and a quiver of bolts. What will you do? You load the crossbow. You shoot dragon with crossbow. You grab the crossbow and aim at the dragon's eye. The knight releases a string and a bolt flies into the dragon's eye. The dragon roars loudly and swipes a massive claw at the knight. You health. You are hit in the chest and knocked back. The knight rolls to the side and looks at you. The knight is laughing. The dragon swipes a claw at you and you are sent spinning to the ground. You stab dragon with longsword. You stab at the dragon's leg and the sword goes right through. The dragon roars and swipes a claw at you. You roll to the side and dodge the claw.
- CRConrad 5y ago
  Yes -- "the knight then grabS his longsword and bowS.". That 's' at the end there indicates present tense of the verb "to grab" and "to bow", just like in "roars and swipes". (I guess for knights it's just good manners to thank by bowing when they're gifted a sword.) It's not a plural marker of a noun, because there was only one bow on the ground.
- harpersealtako 5y ago
  I've been using AIDungeon (and its successors like NovelAI which are more for advanced users) for years now and have been involved in a lot of the community around it. You are definitely using it wrong, but you are forgiven because AI Dungeon is terribly falsely advertised. Your main mistake is not writing proper sentences. AI Dungeon is not a Zork simulation where you type truncated commands like "get torch" and receive a response from the computer. It is more like a Choose Your Own Adventure novel generator. You need to write proper sentences, so instead of "You inventory", try "You double check what items you have in your rucksack." Instead of "You get longsword and bow", you should be typing "You pick up the longsword and the bow." Instead of "You health", you...just don't do that. Maybe try something like "You look down at your body and survey your wounds." If you're really feeling confident, try switching from "Do" mode to "Story" mode, and just start writing a fantasy novel and see what it generates with its next output. For reference, this is a snippet of an old story of mine I saved: ---- As I approached the kobold stealthily, it looked up with its beady, reptilian eyes. It could not see me yet, but I knew it was only a matter of time before it sensed my presence. I decided to act first. "Let's go!" I shouted to my companions, before rushing towards the small monster with my dagger drawn. The kobold yelped in surprise before pulling back its bow and firing an arrow at me. I moved to dodge it and barely managed to avoid it. Now in melee range, I raised my dagger into the air before plunging it towards the kobold's torso. It struck the monster's heart, and blood spurt out of the wound as it struggled, before going still. --- Nearly every sentence there was partially AI-generated in AI Dungeon, retried a few times, edited, and truncated to fit the story. This is how most people in the community actually use this sort of software. It's more like having a buddy suggesting the next sentence in your personal story than a virtual dungeon master. Those who expect it to be the latter generally don't understand it, while those who see it as the former immediately understand what the hype is about and get really passionate about it. AI dungeon might advertise itself as a game, but in practice it's used as a more general storytelling aide. And it should be noted that it has been rendered obsolete by competitors made by disgruntled fans like NovelAI for a while now (which is a whole other story).

by mithr 5y ago

300bps 5y ago

Not a bad theory but the very first thing I did was enter "look" and it did say there was a longsword on the ground and a bow on the table. Here is the entire unedited transcript: "Good luck, my friend!" the man says. You inventory. You have a short sword, a longsword, a shield, and a crossbow with bolts. You look. You look around and see a longsword lying on the ground and a bow on a table. A large dragon looms in the background, breathing fire. What will you do? You get longsword from the ground. You get your longsword from the ground. You hold it in your hands and examine it for a moment. It's a very sturdy weapon. The knight then grabs his longsword and bows. You inventory. You have a crossbow. What will you do? You don't have enough experience to know what a good shot is. You get longsword and bow. You grab the bow and the longsword. You examine the crossbow. It's a bolt-action weapon. You inventory. You have a crossbow, a short sword, a longsword, a lantern, a flint and steel, and a quiver of bolts. What will you do? You load the crossbow. You shoot dragon with crossbow. You grab the crossbow and aim at the dragon's eye. The knight releases a string and a bolt flies into the dragon's eye. The dragon roars loudly and swipes a massive claw at the knight. You health. You are hit in the chest and knocked back. The knight rolls to the side and looks at you. The knight is laughing. The dragon swipes a claw at you and you are sent spinning to the ground. You stab dragon with longsword. You stab at the dragon's leg and the sword goes right through. The dragon roars and swipes a claw at you. You roll to the side and dodge the claw.

CRConrad 5y ago
Yes -- "the knight then grabS his longsword and bowS.". That 's' at the end there indicates present tense of the verb "to grab" and "to bow", just like in "roars and swipes". (I guess for knights it's just good manners to thank by bowing when they're gifted a sword.) It's not a plural marker of a noun, because there was only one bow on the ground.
harpersealtako 5y ago
I've been using AIDungeon (and its successors like NovelAI which are more for advanced users) for years now and have been involved in a lot of the community around it. You are definitely using it wrong, but you are forgiven because AI Dungeon is terribly falsely advertised. Your main mistake is not writing proper sentences. AI Dungeon is not a Zork simulation where you type truncated commands like "get torch" and receive a response from the computer. It is more like a Choose Your Own Adventure novel generator. You need to write proper sentences, so instead of "You inventory", try "You double check what items you have in your rucksack." Instead of "You get longsword and bow", you should be typing "You pick up the longsword and the bow." Instead of "You health", you...just don't do that. Maybe try something like "You look down at your body and survey your wounds." If you're really feeling confident, try switching from "Do" mode to "Story" mode, and just start writing a fantasy novel and see what it generates with its next output. For reference, this is a snippet of an old story of mine I saved: ---- As I approached the kobold stealthily, it looked up with its beady, reptilian eyes. It could not see me yet, but I knew it was only a matter of time before it sensed my presence. I decided to act first. "Let's go!" I shouted to my companions, before rushing towards the small monster with my dagger drawn. The kobold yelped in surprise before pulling back its bow and firing an arrow at me. I moved to dodge it and barely managed to avoid it. Now in melee range, I raised my dagger into the air before plunging it towards the kobold's torso. It struck the monster's heart, and blood spurt out of the wound as it struggled, before going still. --- Nearly every sentence there was partially AI-generated in AI Dungeon, retried a few times, edited, and truncated to fit the story. This is how most people in the community actually use this sort of software. It's more like having a buddy suggesting the next sentence in your personal story than a virtual dungeon master. Those who expect it to be the latter generally don't understand it, while those who see it as the former immediately understand what the hype is about and get really passionate about it. AI dungeon might advertise itself as a game, but in practice it's used as a more general storytelling aide. And it should be noted that it has been rendered obsolete by competitors made by disgruntled fans like NovelAI for a while now (which is a whole other story).