I am so desperate for someone engaging to talk to after 10 years of disability that I started building an AI character for the task; only to get writers block over building complexity I might find interesting in someone else. Then I had the bright idea, that y’all would have better ideas than me.
I can’t recall the last real conversation I had that I found engaging. I’m usually in too much pain to be self aware and conversational unless I’m laying down. I haven’t tried that line yet. “Come lay with me to get comfortable?” …creeeeppyyy.
This is in line with the biggest surprise I have found while exploring offline AI: I didn’t know how much my methods of researching information impacts social skills. I now have AI that I can question in plain text, and now I’m seeing all these new hints about my own social “decline” for a lack of a better word. I’m so familiar with the process of piecing together broken bits of information from several sources, that a more fluent and linear line of thought is almost foreign. Like this, right now. Why would I rather monologue instead of engaging with a real person, and why does this seem to be the norm? Maybe it is just me
I’ve stuck to offline AI and open source so far. This is a two fold objective. I’m also exploring the code base for how prompts are parsed to create the various styles like instruct versus chat, and how different front ends add character complexity and persistence.
The front end code controls everything. Ultimately once the prompt is configured, all the various character apps are using similar LLM networks.
I’ve long thought I really wish I had a friend that challenged me to up my game with any (but at least a few) of my deeper interests. I’m not sure how to go about making something like this, with persistence, and adding in enough variety to create perspective. A few posts here, have me gotten me thinking about prompting some advanced philosophical variety.
I would really like to create a character that can function like a friend and a colleague, maybe even a mentor. I’m probably going to start by attempting to create myself, then add some extra flavor.
Me again. I’m in a similar boat, I understand when you say you need an engaging conversation with someone. If you’re okay with having this conversation online I would be up for it because satan knows I need one as well. That is of course if what I can offer meets what you consider as engaging conversation.
Social skills tend to decline unfortunately. The memory I told in this thread, that level of social skill is now so far away from me it feels like she’s a different person. In a sense she is, it happened abt 10 years ago, but you get it. My social skills suck ass right now. I can’t seem to talk to someone and get my point across without offending them or being offended myself. So a conversation might be a nice social skill honer for two people who kinda need it, about anything and everything. Doesn’t matter about what really. So if you’d like to… talk, to me, let me know.
So what are you into now? If it is still photography, once upon a time, around 8 years ago I built a makeshift low-light photo studio for a next level eBay attempt at selling high end bike stuff. I did that for a couple of years. Now I’m playing with programming AI, -which is way over my head but super interesting IMO. I also just got back into really cooking a few months ago, and tried my first slow BBQ yesterday 3pm till 1am. Pick your interesting, or monologue away and I will ;)
Yea it is still photography but I took a looong break. I got into tattooing and that took all my time so. After our recent and bitter breakup, I’m back to more forgiving mediums including photography. And I’m loving it tbh. Being able to make a mistake is a nice thing. So I draw stuff, do embroidery, sew formless weird clothes, and take photos from my house.
I can go with either of these but do tell me about the makeshift studio. I once attempted a makeshift darkroom. Did not go as planned. And the BBQ - you’re doing it outside right? Smoking stuff is my weak spot but I live in a flat so I can’t talk by experince but I’d smoke and BBQ the hell out of everything if I could.
I am so desperate for someone engaging to talk to after 10 years of disability that I started building an AI character for the task; only to get writers block over building complexity I might find interesting in someone else. Then I had the bright idea, that y’all would have better ideas than me.
I can’t recall the last real conversation I had that I found engaging. I’m usually in too much pain to be self aware and conversational unless I’m laying down. I haven’t tried that line yet. “Come lay with me to get comfortable?” …creeeeppyyy.
This is in line with the biggest surprise I have found while exploring offline AI: I didn’t know how much my methods of researching information impacts social skills. I now have AI that I can question in plain text, and now I’m seeing all these new hints about my own social “decline” for a lack of a better word. I’m so familiar with the process of piecing together broken bits of information from several sources, that a more fluent and linear line of thought is almost foreign. Like this, right now. Why would I rather monologue instead of engaging with a real person, and why does this seem to be the norm? Maybe it is just me
Have you tried Pi? It’s pretty amazing!
And Claude might help with your writers block if you ask for ideas
I’ve stuck to offline AI and open source so far. This is a two fold objective. I’m also exploring the code base for how prompts are parsed to create the various styles like instruct versus chat, and how different front ends add character complexity and persistence.
The front end code controls everything. Ultimately once the prompt is configured, all the various character apps are using similar LLM networks.
I’ve long thought I really wish I had a friend that challenged me to up my game with any (but at least a few) of my deeper interests. I’m not sure how to go about making something like this, with persistence, and adding in enough variety to create perspective. A few posts here, have me gotten me thinking about prompting some advanced philosophical variety.
I would really like to create a character that can function like a friend and a colleague, maybe even a mentor. I’m probably going to start by attempting to create myself, then add some extra flavor.
Me again. I’m in a similar boat, I understand when you say you need an engaging conversation with someone. If you’re okay with having this conversation online I would be up for it because satan knows I need one as well. That is of course if what I can offer meets what you consider as engaging conversation.
Social skills tend to decline unfortunately. The memory I told in this thread, that level of social skill is now so far away from me it feels like she’s a different person. In a sense she is, it happened abt 10 years ago, but you get it. My social skills suck ass right now. I can’t seem to talk to someone and get my point across without offending them or being offended myself. So a conversation might be a nice social skill honer for two people who kinda need it, about anything and everything. Doesn’t matter about what really. So if you’d like to… talk, to me, let me know.
So what are you into now? If it is still photography, once upon a time, around 8 years ago I built a makeshift low-light photo studio for a next level eBay attempt at selling high end bike stuff. I did that for a couple of years. Now I’m playing with programming AI, -which is way over my head but super interesting IMO. I also just got back into really cooking a few months ago, and tried my first slow BBQ yesterday 3pm till 1am. Pick your interesting, or monologue away and I will ;)
Yea it is still photography but I took a looong break. I got into tattooing and that took all my time so. After our recent and bitter breakup, I’m back to more forgiving mediums including photography. And I’m loving it tbh. Being able to make a mistake is a nice thing. So I draw stuff, do embroidery, sew formless weird clothes, and take photos from my house.
I can go with either of these but do tell me about the makeshift studio. I once attempted a makeshift darkroom. Did not go as planned. And the BBQ - you’re doing it outside right? Smoking stuff is my weak spot but I live in a flat so I can’t talk by experince but I’d smoke and BBQ the hell out of everything if I could.