Once upon a time, there was a dinosaur and a wolf who had become good friends. They shared a special bond and often spent time together playing games.
One day, the dinosaur and the wolf decided to play a game of chess. The dinosaur was excited since he had never seen the game before and wanted to learn. The wolf was more experienced and eagerly explained the rules and pieces to the dinosaur.
The dinosaur took some time to understand the game, but soon enough he was ready to start. The wolf made the first move and the game began.
The two friends took turns making moves and the dinosaur was quickly getting the hang of the game. He was able to anticipate the wolf's moves and started to think more strategically.
The game went on for a while until the dinosaur made a move that put him in checkmate. Both the dinosaur and the wolf were surprised by the outcome. The wolf was impressed with the dinosaur's skill and congratulated him on his victory.
The two friends spent the rest of the afternoon playing chess and enjoying each other's company. They both had a great time and the dinosaur was especially proud of himself for being able to beat the wolf at chess.'
The above story wasn't written by me, it was generated by AI, using a programm called Open AI, that I found out about, today, thanks to @kendewitt and @finguru. I should also mention my good friend @selfhelp4trolls , as it was a comment on his latest post that led me to the blog of kendewitt.
Apparently OpenAI is the new hype, since a week or so, and who else could have been behind this other than the Dogefather himself aka Elon Musk?
Apparently the guy isn't creative enough to write his own stories.
Just had to make this joke, probably out of some kind of jealousy. At least I am aware of my weaknesses ;>)
Anyhow, I must say I'm kind of impressed with - and intrigued by -OpenAI, and thusfar I only discovered a tiny fraction of this programm's endless possibilities.
This is what I did to generate the dino and wolf story:
I opened the so-called 'Playground'
that can be found HERE and looks like a text editorIn the white field I typed in the following words/ instructions:
Write a story about a dino and a wolf playing chessAnd then I pressed the 'Submit' button.
I didn't change any settings.
It led to the 6 paragraphs that started out this post.
Although the story is well written, with grammar better than mine, and even seems to make sense, the way it talks about chess, I feel something is lacking. One of my main ingredients:
Humor.
Should I have added the word 'funny or fun' to my story instructions? '
Only one way to find out...
I decided to go back to the 'Playground' and enter the following words:
Write a funny story about a hypersensitive dino and a mild mannered wolf playing chess
And here's the outcome of these more detailed instructions:
Once upon a time, there was a hypersensitive dinosaur named Dino who had a deep love for playing chess. He would often challenge his friends to a game, but they usually would refuse because of his emotional outbursts during the game.
One day, a mild-mannered wolf named Wolfie happened to wander by and noticed Dino playing chess with himself. Wolfie was fascinated by the game and decided to ask Dino if he could join in.
At first, Dino was skeptical about playing with a wolf, but he reluctantly agreed.
The game began and the two quickly developed a strong rivalry. Dino was so absorbed in the game that he began to forget about his hypersensitivity and even let out a few cheers when he made a good move.
Meanwhile, Wolfie was finding it hard to concentrate because of Dino’s outbursts. Eventually, Wolfie had enough and decided to take a break.
Dino was devastated, but Wolfie managed to calm him down and the two agreed to continue the game.
After a long and heated match, Dino finally emerged victorious. He couldn’t contain his excitement and ran around the room celebrating his win.
Wolfie was confused by Dino
This second version sure made me laugh (inside my head ).
Is it better than the first story though? I don't feel it is. And I must admit that the names Wolfie and Dino probably made me laugh the most, as they are highly unoriginal.
If you have been reading my dino stories in the last couple of years, you will be aware that the main character in my stories is called 'Hypersensitivosaurus' and you might know ( if you're a groupie or stalker ) that he is friends with an oatmeal pancakes and chess loving wolf, named Mild Mannered Wolf.
If you need to refresh your memory, or have never heard of their adventures, I suggest you visit the following old(er) post: Wolf Whistle
If you open the link and scroll down to the bottom, you will find 5 links to previous write ups, including the one where I introduce the M.M. Wolf character, who was inspired and invented by my good friend and chess buddy @inuke
In fact, we're even playing a long distance chess game, today, that eventually inspired me to write this blog post.
I am gonna end it here, for today, but I feel I'm far from done playing around with OpenAI. It clearly has a lot of potential but I must admit that the creative, the writer in me, is glad to find out that it doesn't seem good enough, yet, to replace all writers.
This doesn't mean that it isn't an interesting tool to use and dabble with. Anything that intrigues me and inspires me, has my attention.
Would I feel good though, if I used this to write my books, without making heavy edits to the AI generated stuff? Definitely not. Would it surprise me if others felt differently about it? No, not at all.
TO BE CONVINUED...