Yes, this is very interesting work. I have been exploring how ChatGPT generates simple stories. It exhibits similar behavior in that it seems to have induced a story grammar and it sticks to it. Think of that story grammar as comparable to the model the Othello GPT has built of the game board (its “external world”). That is, the story grammar places constraints on ChatGPT in the way that the Othello board & rules constrain play.
I chose to work with one particular story that has five “moves” from beginning to end. I prompt it by saying I’m going to give it a short story and I want it to create a new one except that ___. And there I’ll list a change. Mostly I change the protagonist, e.g. from princess Aurora to William the Lazy. The new story differs from the old in in various ways which dependent on the difference between the old protagonist and the new one. But the new story ALWAYS has the same five moves.
I’ve made tables that compare the two stories side-by-side, with changes highlighted in yellow. I have four of those tables in this short document.
Yes, this is very interesting work. I have been exploring how ChatGPT generates simple stories. It exhibits similar behavior in that it seems to have induced a story grammar and it sticks to it. Think of that story grammar as comparable to the model the Othello GPT has built of the game board (its “external world”). That is, the story grammar places constraints on ChatGPT in the way that the Othello board & rules constrain play.
I chose to work with one particular story that has five “moves” from beginning to end. I prompt it by saying I’m going to give it a short story and I want it to create a new one except that ___. And there I’ll list a change. Mostly I change the protagonist, e.g. from princess Aurora to William the Lazy. The new story differs from the old in in various ways which dependent on the difference between the old protagonist and the new one. But the new story ALWAYS has the same five moves.
I’ve made tables that compare the two stories side-by-side, with changes highlighted in yellow. I have four of those tables in this short document.
Your document was very interesting.
Thanks. I have lots of examples like that, though not all of them are laid out in tables. I have them at my blog at this link, https://new-savanna.blogspot.com/search/label/ChatGPT stories.