Then why not write your own story? An LLM can't write your story for you. They're very bad writers. It can't even help much—its contributions are going to be dull and uninspired.
> the best stories are ones that you can help write yourself
If you're trying to co-create a story with someone in a play environment, the best analogy would be D&D or another role-playing game. And playing D&D with ChatGPT would be boring and unfun. It's just not a good storyteller. It's going to give you shit material. You'd be better-off cutting it out of the equation and just writing a story alone.
> LLMs will also be great at storytelling too
Will they? They're godawful at it right now, and they're not showing much sign of improving. Let's discuss the tech as it currently exists, rather than some speculative future version of it with imaginary capabilities.
> What you're not getting is that the storytelling will be cooperative.
No, I get that. But why would I want to cooperatively tell a story with a bad storyteller? I'd rather tell a story alone.
Then why not write your own story? An LLM can't write your story for you. They're very bad writers. It can't even help much—its contributions are going to be dull and uninspired.
> the best stories are ones that you can help write yourself
If you're trying to co-create a story with someone in a play environment, the best analogy would be D&D or another role-playing game. And playing D&D with ChatGPT would be boring and unfun. It's just not a good storyteller. It's going to give you shit material. You'd be better-off cutting it out of the equation and just writing a story alone.
> LLMs will also be great at storytelling too
Will they? They're godawful at it right now, and they're not showing much sign of improving. Let's discuss the tech as it currently exists, rather than some speculative future version of it with imaginary capabilities.
> What you're not getting is that the storytelling will be cooperative.
No, I get that. But why would I want to cooperatively tell a story with a bad storyteller? I'd rather tell a story alone.