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I spent some time with my kid trying to get ChatGPT 4 to write bedtime stories. We found that it kept devolving into the pattern of a generic but acceptable set

I spent some time with my kid trying to get ChatGPT 4 to write bedtime stories. We found that it kept devolving into the pattern of a generic but acceptable setup followed by something like "and then the heroes solved a variety of challenges, learning together and having fun all the way" that completely skips the meat of the story. We also noticed that it was difficult to goad the AI into adding any quotations; the characters rarely _say_ anything. We only tried StoryBee once but unfortunately got a very similar result; judge for yourself: https://storybee.app/story/the-purple-mystery-654fbfe43da40f02948ae8db https://storybee.app/story/the-purple-mystery-654fbfe43da40f.... We did have fun with ChatGPT getting ideas for specific plot turns and generating illustrations (e.g. https://photos.app.goo.gl/coonT1bT7BLRqXeu8 https://photos.app.goo.gl/coonT1bT7BLRqXeu8).

shirman 3y ago
We have tried to resolve exactly this problem of "journey skipping". Could you please consider taking a look at our attempt? (it's free), and I'm curious regarding your feedback: https://littlestory.io/en https://littlestory.io/en
- niksmac 3y ago
  I like the overall structure of the story and the tilt effect on the logo.
Tadpole9181 3y ago
Most people can't write a good story from start to finish with no planning, and we have an advantage in that kind of thinking compared to AI. Have you tried starting by having it generate a plot, then once that's finished, expand from there? Anecdotally, I just asked Bing and it made a quite long story with multiple arcs, action, dialogue, and an ending allegory. Might have just been lucky, really.