For the past couple weeks, I've been playing around with Sudowrite, @superamit and friends' GPT3-based text generator for fiction writers. You give it it characters, plot summaries, dialogue or twist endings.
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You can feed it part of a paragraph and it'll autocomplete it, and you can set a "vibe" for the autocomplete: Neutral, Extraordinary, Ominous and Funny.
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For example, some dialog autocomplete. Here's my prompt:
"The following is a conversation between Masha and Marcus, who are arguing about whether programmer have a moral duty to ensure their code does not contribute to human rights abuses.
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"The following is a conversation between Masha and Marcus, who are arguing about whether programmer have a moral duty to ensure their code does not contribute to human rights abuses.
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"Masha: It's so easy to say that you should only work for good if you are a bro who can waltz into a job.
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"Marcus: Come on, who do you think is most likely to be on the receiving end of cyberwarfare? Hint: it's not wealthy white dudes who get hit with stalkerware or lawful interception code."
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Here's what Sudowrite adds:
Masha: Sure, the privileged are the first targets for the digital equivalent of fire and brimstone. But even you have to admit that there are plenty of people who get hurt by our code every day.
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Masha: Sure, the privileged are the first targets for the digital equivalent of fire and brimstone. But even you have to admit that there are plenty of people who get hurt by our code every day.
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Marcus: What's your point? I don't see what's controversial about that.
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Masha: I'm not saying that people shouldn't fix bugs. But who are we to determine what constitutes a fix? When a programmer writes code that is responsible for cyberwarfare, or perpetuates rape culture, she's also part of that process.
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Masha: And when you're part of something that's broken, your choice is to fix it or you're part of the problem.
Marcus: I don't have to agree with what someone's personal agenda is, but I think most people can agree that you should help when you can.
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Marcus: I don't have to agree with what someone's personal agenda is, but I think most people can agree that you should help when you can.
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Masha: I'm not talking about altruism.
Marcus: You sound like an actual commie now.
Masha: Lok, it's true that the general assumption is that all we should do is code and shut up. But what if there's a chance that that's a social pathology that we can correct?
Marcus: Wow
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Marcus: You sound like an actual commie now.
Masha: Lok, it's true that the general assumption is that all we should do is code and shut up. But what if there's a chance that that's a social pathology that we can correct?
Marcus: Wow
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[Me again]
This is pretty impressive. So far, Sudowrite hasn't helped me write anything, but I keep coming back to it, because this kind of machine language stuff is fascinating to see.
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This is pretty impressive. So far, Sudowrite hasn't helped me write anything, but I keep coming back to it, because this kind of machine language stuff is fascinating to see.
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Sudowrite's now open for public testing - there's a form on the site you can fill in to apply to get into the test.
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