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ChatGPT writes H.P. Lovecraft-style story about AI development

Howard Rheingold prompted ChatGPT to write a story in the style of H.P. Lovecraft about the development of large language models. The story, which involved summoning a demon, was only edited to replace "Cthulhu" with "Shoggoth". Rheingold found the resulting narrative to be "interesting." AI

IMPACT Illustrates creative applications of LLMs for narrative generation.

RANK_REASON User-generated creative content using an AI model, not a direct AI development or release.

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ChatGPT writes H.P. Lovecraft-style story about AI development

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  1. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · hrheingold ·

    THE CALL OF CHATGPT I asked chatGPT to write a story in the style of H.P. Lovecraft about large language model research and development summoning the demon. The

    THE CALL OF CHATGPT I asked chatGPT to write a story in the style of H.P. Lovecraft about large language model research and development summoning the demon. The result, which I prompted at the beginning, was not edited except for substituting Shoggoth for Cthulhu. The result is..…