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Is this, reading between the comments & TFA, AI generated fan fiction essentially? I gather some kind of riff on (a) Neal Stephenson's work(s), but lacking cont

by OJFord 3y ago

Is this, reading between the comments & TFA, AI generated fan fiction essentially? I gather some kind of riff on (a) Neal Stephenson's work(s), but lacking context as someone not familiar with them.

IggleSniggle 3y ago
The book is of an AI designed to educate through stories and imaginative play. The author of the article told GPT to act as if it was The Young Lady's Primer (TYLP). I thought TFA covered it pretty well, so let me try again: The author of the article likes the idea of the central focus (and name) of the book, The Young Lady's Primer. I will refer to the book as "Diamond Age" (DA). DA is never able to directly depict / simulate TYLP, because it is impossible for any of us to really "get" the deep relationship-based and context-rich experience. The author of the article asks GPT to respond as if it is TYLP, given a situational prompt for the storytelling. So, I guess it's kind of like fan fiction, but it's meant as an experiment / replication of the tech, and the fiction itself is inconsequential. "Fan tech" if you will.
lucubratory 3y ago
Neal Stephenson wrote a very good book called The Diamond Age. One of the characters in the book is an AI in the shape of a book called "The Young Lady's Illustrated Primer", which functions as a picture-and-audio-and-text book for the reader which intelligently responds to the reader's input and current life situation, telling them parables replete with helpful information and advice to get through life (and specifically their current situation), all integrated into a broader syllabus designed to educate the reader into being a well-rounded human being. The book hires gig workers over the internet on an as-needed basis to voice the book. The main character of the book is Nell, a young girl in a very bad life situation who receives the book by chance and is therefore raised by it, and also by one of the gig workers that the book hires who decides to take all of Nell's gigs. I would definitely recommend reading it, although it's got some dated racism. As well, if you're a CSA survivor, be aware that the book has a survivor-perspective first person CSA scene in the latter half of the book.

by OJFord 3y ago

Is this, reading between the comments & TFA, AI generated fan fiction essentially? I gather some kind of riff on (a) Neal Stephenson's work(s), but lacking context as someone not familiar with them.

IggleSniggle 3y ago

The book is of an AI designed to educate through stories and imaginative play. The author of the article told GPT to act as if it was The Young Lady's Primer (TYLP). I thought TFA covered it pretty well, so let me try again: The author of the article likes the idea of the central focus (and name) of the book, The Young Lady's Primer. I will refer to the book as "Diamond Age" (DA). DA is never able to directly depict / simulate TYLP, because it is impossible for any of us to really "get" the deep relationship-based and context-rich experience. The author of the article asks GPT to respond as if it is TYLP, given a situational prompt for the storytelling. So, I guess it's kind of like fan fiction, but it's meant as an experiment / replication of the tech, and the fiction itself is inconsequential. "Fan tech" if you will.

lucubratory 3y ago

Neal Stephenson wrote a very good book called The Diamond Age. One of the characters in the book is an AI in the shape of a book called "The Young Lady's Illustrated Primer", which functions as a picture-and-audio-and-text book for the reader which intelligently responds to the reader's input and current life situation, telling them parables replete with helpful information and advice to get through life (and specifically their current situation), all integrated into a broader syllabus designed to educate the reader into being a well-rounded human being. The book hires gig workers over the internet on an as-needed basis to voice the book. The main character of the book is Nell, a young girl in a very bad life situation who receives the book by chance and is therefore raised by it, and also by one of the gig workers that the book hires who decides to take all of Nell's gigs. I would definitely recommend reading it, although it's got some dated racism. As well, if you're a CSA survivor, be aware that the book has a survivor-perspective first person CSA scene in the latter half of the book.