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Pretty impressive! This is what I got (my initial text is in italic):

One day I woke up suddenly after a bad dream. I was sitting on my bed alone. As soon as I turned over I found myself lying down in a strange bed. It had no bed, no mattress and no cover for me. I was just lying on that thick carpet. I looked around to discover nothing but a white bed. There was no window, no furniture. No door. The only clue was a single white mirror that stood beside my bed. And there was a single candle lying on my bedside table. I was not worried or scared. I was fascinated.

I could see the floor.

I could see the walls.

And I could see everything that was around me.

I could hear the wind.

I could see everything from the windows, from the door that was always slightly open. I could even see the light.

I was in a dream world and I knew that I was in a dream. But what I wanted to know was what was happening in this world.

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I've always wondered if I could spend a weekend with some neural nets, do some light editing, and try to corner the market on some of the more obscure Amazon ebook categories (e.g. Sasquatch Erotica)

It seems like this model would be more than adequate. Other than some basic human anatomy mistakes (e.g. breasts are typically above the waist), it generates some surprisingly explicit stuff (which I've mostly elided) even with my misspelling of "caressed".

He slowly carresed her shuddering body back to her body. Her lips were wet and slick. Her breathing slowed and she began to shudder as a hand came down on her breasts. She shivered as it moved between her breasts gently. "Don't worry, I'm here. I'll let her go for you." He stroked down her body slowly as he stroked down her back. "Come here, my beautiful." He took a step down and began to push his body down into her. He gently pulled her closer against himself and held his breath as his hands came down from her waist to her breasts as his mouth came down to her p...

Interesting. In both this and the parent the generation seems to center around one or two words ("bed" for the parent, "breasts" for yours) and then generate text connecting those words that is grammatically correct but is incoherent gibberish otherwise.

_Lucy turned off the light and slipped under the sheets, feeling Frank draw closer_ to her. He lay next to her and she reached up to caress his face softly and she kissed the side of his neck again, feeling him shiver against her. "You look beautiful." Frank looked down at her and smiled. "You look really good in those clothes, though." She kissed his cheek. "I know." "That's okay," he said and he reached out to kiss her, but then he slipped away. "Do you want anything else?" She smiled. "Nothing." He smiled back at her. He was still wearing his clothes from before. He wasn't as naked as he usually was. She reached around to cup his breast and she pressed her face against his. It was just her and him. "Are you ready for me?" Frank grinned. "Ready for what?" "For you," she said and she leaned over and kissed him again, her hands caressing his skin and his breasts, her mouth moving against his to taste his skin.

* His breasts? I mean sure, this is the 21st century I guess. * Her mouth moving against his to taste his skin... * They're both in bed fully clothed with the lights off, and lamenting how they're usually more naked.

I mean obvious inconsistencies aside, this is super fun to play with.

Just an afterthought, but you could probably cobble something together that asks someone for some basic prompts, like names, locations, etc, then uses a series of templates to generate a chapter of text that's reasonably coherent and tailored to an individual.

So.

1. Feed in all the Game of Throne books

2. Generate final book

3. Profit?

You're joking, but I hope we can see this in RPGs of the future.

Just playing with a few prompts in the format:

It was [setting] in the [location]. The [creature] [action], and [intent] said "

And here's some of the results of the first complete sentence for a few iterations of each prompt (the intention being the prompts can be generated at runtime)

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It was night in the dark dungeon. The Orc came out of nowhere, and threateningly said "Who are you? Where are you coming from?"

It was night in the dark dungeon. The Orc came out of nowhere, and threateningly said "We are not going to allow the Dark Lord to rule this world. We are going to rule this world from the top. You should go back to the shadows, or you can just go to my dungeon."

It was night in the dark dungeon. The Orc came out of nowhere, and threateningly said "What are you doing?"

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It was twilight in the enchanted forest. The white elf suddenly appeared, and invitingly said "Good evening, we are ready for our banquet."

It was twilight in the enchanted forest. The white elf suddenly appeared, and invitingly said "Hey! I've been waiting for you! This is the first time I've seen you."

It was twilight in the enchanted forest. The white elf suddenly appeared, and invitingly said "Welcome, My Lady! I am here to serve you!"

It was twilight in the enchanted forest. The white elf suddenly appeared, and invitingly said "I am Tui-Yuan. Come down and meet my parents."

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It was damp in the filthy sewer. The mutated rat crept up, and cunningly said "I will tell you everything."

It was damp in the filthy sewer. The mutated rat crept up, and cunningly said "I have an idea" in a voice so high that all the other rats in the sewer turned pale

It was damp in the filthy sewer. The mutated rat crept up, and cunningly said "I am the rat."

It was damp in the filthy sewer. The mutated rat crept up, and cunningly said "You'll die soon".

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It was humid in the abandoned brothel. The policeman barged in, and brusquely said "I'm a policeman".

It was humid in the abandoned brothel. The policeman barged in, and brusquely said "go to hell".

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It was frigid in the abandoned space station. The xenomorph burst in, and acerbically said "It's warm on the other side."

It was frigid in the abandoned space station. The xenomorph burst in, and acerbically said "Hello" while it slowly closed in.

It was frigid in the abandoned space station. The xenomorph burst in, and acerbically said "I hate this cold."

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I think there's a lot of merit to this idea hey. Some of the responses are left field but could be woven into the charm. I guess the algorithm is pretty processor intensive though - is it worth it for "flavour"? It could work for a low fidelity or text based game I think.

Edit: I think it would work better if the prompt is not displayed, you just see the bit following the quote.

Feeding in the names of GOT characters seems to produce some entertaining alternate-universe stuff, looks like they're trying to generate something similar to a Wiki page:

Ned Stark (The Lord of Winterfell) is a Stark from the North of the Seven Kingdoms.

Contents show]

Biography

Background

Ned is the father of Arya, Brandon, Robb, Rickon, and Hodor. He had married Catelyn Tully after her father died in the Battle of the Whispering Wood. During the War of the Five Kings he served as Hand of the King under Lord Eddard Stark after his father's death. Ned has two brothers, Willem and Torrhen Stark. Ned, his siblings and their children were all killed during the Red Wedding

The open secret is that that is how a lot of that fiction is actually written.

I wouldn’t be surprised if that’s already being pursued. Some online ebook publishers let you use their API... or browser automate to crank out epubs. Rich formatting will help to fool a cursory read by the filtering editors. Would be interesting to see how many 5 star reviews one would get ... perhaps from machines in a Chinese click shop.

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