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I don't quite understand how it's an open-source alternative to Character.AI. It seems like just a front-end for running vanilla open-source models, rather tha

I don't quite understand how it's an open-source alternative to Character.AI. It seems like just a front-end for running vanilla open-source models, rather than something fundamentally different. Why do you need this while the OSS model chatbots are widely available on various platforms?

dartos 3y ago
Well… what do you think character AI is?
_akhe 3y ago
It's a FOSS alternative because instead of using their online platform to make an account in order to interact with their characters, you instead download and run this source code without needing an account to interact with yours, and those in the community - even offline if you want. There's more to it than just chatting with AI models - these "ragdolls" are based on RAG so they are able to have distinct personalities and scoped knowledge. They can't leak info they don't know about, can't be censored from talking about things they do know about, and can be exported and shared with others on the community site. The model itself is more like the underlying engine, where the ragdoll is a specific persona that you can deploy to a variety of tasks (starting with just chat). I want to go beyond what character.ai is even dreaming of doing by making this into a creative suite for all things AI: Chat, storytelling, art & visual design, cinematography, CGI, music & sound effects, and so-on. It would be great to have an open-source character-focused tool for making stories, cinematics, films, music, etc. Here's an example that uses a ragdoll as an NPC in a game that has specific knowledge that the player can uncover in order to advance in the game: https://github.com/bennyschmidt/ragdoll-studio/tree/master/examples/game-npcs/oracles-tomb https://github.com/bennyschmidt/ragdoll-studio/tree/master/e... Thanks for the question, I will add a section on how these are fundamentally different from just chatting with ChatGPT.

dartos 3y ago

Well… what do you think character AI is?

_akhe 3y ago

It's a FOSS alternative because instead of using their online platform to make an account in order to interact with their characters, you instead download and run this source code without needing an account to interact with yours, and those in the community - even offline if you want. There's more to it than just chatting with AI models - these "ragdolls" are based on RAG so they are able to have distinct personalities and scoped knowledge. They can't leak info they don't know about, can't be censored from talking about things they do know about, and can be exported and shared with others on the community site. The model itself is more like the underlying engine, where the ragdoll is a specific persona that you can deploy to a variety of tasks (starting with just chat). I want to go beyond what character.ai is even dreaming of doing by making this into a creative suite for all things AI: Chat, storytelling, art & visual design, cinematography, CGI, music & sound effects, and so-on. It would be great to have an open-source character-focused tool for making stories, cinematics, films, music, etc. Here's an example that uses a ragdoll as an NPC in a game that has specific knowledge that the player can uncover in order to advance in the game: https://github.com/bennyschmidt/ragdoll-studio/tree/master/examples/game-npcs/oracles-tomb https://github.com/bennyschmidt/ragdoll-studio/tree/master/e... Thanks for the question, I will add a section on how these are fundamentally different from just chatting with ChatGPT.