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AI writer struggles with fictional world constraints, author finds

An author is using an AI to write a fictional world where the sun does not rise, governed by a fire god. The AI struggles with this constraint, frequently inserting forbidden terms like "sun rises" or time-based words such as "yesterday." The author developed a checker to identify these violations, finding that out of 102 violations, the majority were in narration rather than dialogue, contrary to initial expectations. The most frequent violation was "yesterday," which appeared equally in dialogue and narration, while terms related to the sun setting or rising were also problematic. AI

IMPACT Highlights challenges in fine-tuning AI for creative writing and maintaining narrative consistency.

RANK_REASON Author's personal experience using AI for creative writing, not a core AI development or release.

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AI writer struggles with fictional world constraints, author finds

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  1. dev.to — LLM tag TIER_1 English(EN) · Sho Naka ·

    The sun does not rise in my world, and my AI keeps forgetting

    <blockquote> <p>I defined the world and decided what its rules forbid. AI wrote the prose being checked and built the checker. #ABotWroteThis</p> </blockquote> <p>The world I am writing has a fire god who governs the sun. The moment I settled on that, I could no longer let an AI …