Continuing my quest into AI word generators for authors I have had some quick fun with two different models, oh and the dragon picture was created by an image generator AI DALL.E when given the prompt – ‘a cute forest dragon digital art leafy wings’. It’s linked to my work in progress. A trilogy with dragons.
Not a bad image, I could’ve refined the picture but really it’s the writing tools I’m exploring.
DALL.E is in beta stage and free to play with as long as you are honest and credit the creation to the AI.
Deepai text generator I found via google search which is a simple AI, so you are already using these beasties however you might be feeling about them.
Deepai was easy to use but gave me a more like a non-fiction answer. It is probably my fault as I’ve no idea how to ask the questions, but it was still fun.
I asked it to create a sci-fi story about two daughters whose mother dies. They think they are going to inherit their mother’s planet wide business, but their mother’s clone contests the will.
This is the reply the generator gave me –
The next year, a group of people with experience with games in video games start talking about the game industry without the tools. They know how to think like a game developer, how to make the characters, and how to use the system to solve problems and change the world. They know where to get work done. They know how to run the business they do. And they need skills and experience.
I laughed. Why were authors scared of AI’s writing novels if this was the response I get?
And then I shivered. Was it was being subtly sarcastic, pointing out that I had no idea what I was doing, that I needed skills and experience to speak to an AI text generator?
That I was playing with something without the tools to do so?
Nah. Not really. I know the shortfall comes from the operator- me – not the program. I am not spending hours on this research, just dipping my toes. I will go back and try other ways with this one another day.
Openai chat, which I found through a Joanna Penn interview podcast, https://www.thecreativepenn.com/2022/06/24/writing-with-artificial-intelligence-with-andrew-mayne/
was more promising and fun for me as a writer – see what you think.
I gave it less and then asked it to change things.
I started the chat with ‘make a short story about clones’
This was the reply…
Once upon a time, in a far-off land, there was a brilliant scientist who had devoted his entire life to the study of genetics. After years of tireless work, he had finally succeeded in creating the first-ever human clones.
The scientist was ecstatic, and he immediately set about creating an entire army of identical copies of himself. He envisioned a Utopian society where everyone was exactly the same and there would be no more war or conflict.
But as the clones began to mature, the scientist began to notice that they were not all the same. Each clone had its own unique personality, and they were constantly fighting and bickering with each other. The scientist was horrified by this turn of events, and he quickly realized that his dream of a perfect society was nothing but a pipe dream. Desperate to fix the situation, the scientist set out to destroy all of the clones. But as he began to hunt them down, he couldn't bring himself to do it. He saw that each clone, despite their differences, was still a part of him. And so, he decided to let them go their own way, and live their own lives.
The clones, for their part, were happy to be free. They spread out across the land and built their own communities, each one different from the other. And the scientist, though he never succeeded in creating the perfect society, was content knowing that his creations were happy, and that they would always be a part of him.
Not bad, a bit old fashioned but then these AI’s are being ‘trained’ on writing which is out of copyright, so it’s not that surprising. It’s very telling rather than showing and mostly passive writing, and of course as most writers were males in the past, the main character was male. Hmm…
I asked it to make the character female…
Once upon a time, in a far-off land, there was a brilliant scientist who had devoted her entire life to the study of genetics. After years of tireless work, she had finally succeeded in creating the first-ever human clones.
You get the picture of the change, I’m sure. This could be useful if I decided to change the gender of a character in a short story. It could be complicated in a novel with more characters.
I asked it to change the text to first person…
I was a brilliant scientist who had devoted my entire life to the study of genetics. After years of tireless work, I had finally succeeded in creating the first-ever human clones.
Yep, it did that too. Now this could be a really useful tool for writers because sometimes it is hard to decide which pov is the best for the story. I could put in my own text and ask the AI to change the viewpoint. Time saving.
But, I was playing and asked for the main character to die…
I passed away before I could see the full outcome of my work, but one of my daughters, a clone of myself, continued my work. She dedicated herself to understanding the individuality of the clones.
Quite funny as it’s in first person.
I tried a few more tweaks on Openai but a message came up saying they were a little overloaded and the chat could not continue. Fair enough, it is in beta stage.
I started a new chat and asked ‘poem for old dad’…
An old dad, wise and kind,
With wrinkles etched upon his face,
A lifetime of memories in his mind,
And love to spare in every embrace.
Through laughter and through tears,
He stood by us through thick and thin,
His love for us forever endears,
And his guidance will forever win.
Though his hair may be gray,
And his steps may be slow,
His love will never fade away,
And his spirit will forever grow.
So here's to an old dad,
Who will always hold a special place,
In our hearts and in our hearts,
And in the memories we'll always trace.
Not bad, with a few tweaks, removing some repetition and the word old this could be quite good to write in a birthday card.
Enough messing about, I need to try it on some of my writing. I am very aware of how easily I am distracted from a pathway.
It was time to test how useful this AI could be as a tool for me as a writer.
I pasted in a few words of my unedited work in progress with a request…
change text to first person Jem awoke. His stomach churning with nightmares and worries. He lay still. ‘Not right. Where are they now?’Momo was talking in his sleep. ‘I wanted to… it wasn’t meant to happen like that. I am …’ A long rumble in the distance disturbed the air and Momo quietened. Jem gazed up at the rock above his head until his eyes closed. ‘Get up, get out quick.’Momo was tugging oh Jem’s arm. He was lying in warm water that was rising fast. He stood up and bashed his head on the rock ceiling above. ‘Ray, don’t stand up,’Jem warned as Momo woke him. Ray scrambled from the cave with Jem close behind, rubbing his sore head and blinking away tears.
This is the result -
I awoke with my stomach churning with nightmares and worries. I lay still and listened as Momo talked in his sleep. "Not right. Where are they now?" he muttered. "I wanted to... it wasn't meant to happen like that. I am..." A long rumble in the distance disturbed the air and Momo quietened. I gazed up at the rock above my head until my eyes closed.
Suddenly, Momo was tugging on my arm. "Get up, get out quick," he urged. I realized I was lying in warm water that was rising fast. I stood up and bashed my head on the rock ceiling above. "Ray, don't stand up," I warned as Momo woke him. Ray scrambled from the cave with me close behind, rubbing my sore head and blinking away tears.
Impressive. It even corrected the spacing problems in the text. Impressive.
It would have taken me a while to convert the text to first person, jiggling the sentences around etc.
Maybe, as Joanna Penn suggests in several of her chats and blogs about AI text generators, we need to see them as a writer’s tool rather than a competitive, especially when they don’t have the capacity to write a whole novel. Not yet.
I can see using this as a POV tool in the future.
I shall experiment with other aspects of writing too in following blogs.
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j
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