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I was shocked: my husband was using AI to write our children's bedtime stories

coldtea 3y ago
Today in "Things that never happened, but were deemed good for a Guardian article considering the Guardian middle class readership".
- magicalhippo 3y ago
  Sure about that? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34514480 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34514480
  - coldtea 3y ago
    I'm pretty user it didn't happen to the TFA writer.
- hennell 3y ago
  I'm curious as to which of the many fantastical elements of this tale you consider most unbelievable? Someone using chat gpt for a kids bedtime story? The idea an authors kids might like a bedtime tale based on their own ideas? Does a kids author never let their less imaginative spouse take over bedtime duties as condition of employment?
  - coldtea 3y ago
    It strikes me as an article "plot device", with contrived details.
- thebruce87m 3y ago
  It may not have happened, but kids do ask for these things and expect you to come up with them on the spot, especially if you’ve just told them something similar. You tell them a joke you heard about monkeys and it’s “make up another funny monkey joke”.
- dudul 3y ago
  Might be true, might not be. But I sure am tired of these "articles" that are in between a very very long tweet and a teenager diary.
- RecycledEle 3y ago
  According to the author, the second grader is into Swiss Family Robinson, the 4-year-old likes "Frozen and Make it Funny," and the 2-year-old likes the pictures on "Goodnight Moon." Let's fact-check that.
  - RecycledEle 3y ago
    Swiss Family Robinson is for ages 9-14. Frozen is for ages 4-8. Goodnight Moon is for ages 1-4.
- idonotknowwhy 3y ago
  Creating stories for my son based on his silly ideas was my main use case for gpt3 when it first came out. He loved it so much he draw a picture of a person with a computer screen as a head the next day. What's unbelievable about the article
tamimio 3y ago
And why is that shocking?! So using technology now is taboo? Ok then don’t print the coloring book and draw it by hands, don’t print cartoons decorations and learn how to draw and then draw it yourself.. list goes on, technology been and will always be an assistant tool in every day life.
RecycledEle 3y ago
There are so many people in this world who do not know the basics of prompting LLM AIs, and have given up on them. In a way it's like if Scotty from Star Trek walked up to a Mac, spoke to it, got no response, and then gave up on computers.
- Apocryphon 3y ago
  If? That's what literally happened.
ckrapu 3y ago
In case anyone wants to do this with factually grounded content, check out my site: https://www.wikistorytime.com/ https://www.wikistorytime.com/ Just be nice with the usage because the billing is going on my personal OpenAI API key!

Today in "Things that never happened, but were deemed good for a Guardian article considering the Guardian middle class readership".

magicalhippo 3y ago
Sure about that? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34514480 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34514480
- coldtea 3y ago
  I'm pretty user it didn't happen to the TFA writer.
hennell 3y ago
I'm curious as to which of the many fantastical elements of this tale you consider most unbelievable? Someone using chat gpt for a kids bedtime story? The idea an authors kids might like a bedtime tale based on their own ideas? Does a kids author never let their less imaginative spouse take over bedtime duties as condition of employment?
- coldtea 3y ago
  It strikes me as an article "plot device", with contrived details.
thebruce87m 3y ago
It may not have happened, but kids do ask for these things and expect you to come up with them on the spot, especially if you’ve just told them something similar. You tell them a joke you heard about monkeys and it’s “make up another funny monkey joke”.
dudul 3y ago
Might be true, might not be. But I sure am tired of these "articles" that are in between a very very long tweet and a teenager diary.
RecycledEle 3y ago
According to the author, the second grader is into Swiss Family Robinson, the 4-year-old likes "Frozen and Make it Funny," and the 2-year-old likes the pictures on "Goodnight Moon." Let's fact-check that.
- RecycledEle 3y ago
  Swiss Family Robinson is for ages 9-14. Frozen is for ages 4-8. Goodnight Moon is for ages 1-4.
idonotknowwhy 3y ago
Creating stories for my son based on his silly ideas was my main use case for gpt3 when it first came out. He loved it so much he draw a picture of a person with a computer screen as a head the next day. What's unbelievable about the article

tamimio 3y ago

And why is that shocking?! So using technology now is taboo? Ok then don’t print the coloring book and draw it by hands, don’t print cartoons decorations and learn how to draw and then draw it yourself.. list goes on, technology been and will always be an assistant tool in every day life.

RecycledEle 3y ago

There are so many people in this world who do not know the basics of prompting LLM AIs, and have given up on them. In a way it's like if Scotty from Star Trek walked up to a Mac, spoke to it, got no response, and then gave up on computers.

Apocryphon 3y ago
If? That's what literally happened.

ckrapu 3y ago

In case anyone wants to do this with factually grounded content, check out my site: https://www.wikistorytime.com/ https://www.wikistorytime.com/ Just be nice with the usage because the billing is going on my personal OpenAI API key!