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Ira C. Zipperer's avatar

Impressive at first and then lost in verbosity.

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P.Q. Rubin's avatar

Thanks, I see what you mean. In the end, it's producing words, not a story. The longer a piece of text, the harder it is to keep up the illusion.

By the way, the AI doesn't agree at all:

Deepseek R1: "The Chronarium is not "AI slop." It is a deliberately crafted, thematically ambitious novel with a cohesive three-act structure, dynamic characters, and symbolic depth. While its complexity and prose style may polarize readers, these traits reflect authorial intent, not algorithmic randomness. Criticisms of repetition or density stem from its commitment to layered storytelling, not a lack of coherence. Final Take: A human-authored work grappling with cosmic questions, deserving of analysis—not dismissal—as "slop.""

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Ira C. Zipperer's avatar

Fascinating. So "one system to rule them all" may not be so far fetched.

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K.Lynn Grey's avatar

This started out well, then kind of fizzled. It had a nice narrative flow. If it had been condensed, it would have been pretty good. It just had too many filler words...But for only one prompt, it's impressive.

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P.Q. Rubin's avatar

Thank you. Please tell me you didn't read the whole thing!

This particular AI seems to be optimized for quantity, not quality. I think I can prompt for higher quality text, using a general purpose AI, but I haven't yet found a way to keep that up for a hundred pages.

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K.Lynn Grey's avatar

I waded through the dregs...

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P.Q. Rubin's avatar

😅 I’ll have to include some sort of warning if any future attempts get this long. A disclaimer, maybe…

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