Reposted by Anastasia Salter
probably fine that all these new ai agent rollouts are so cutesy and childish. probably a sign of innocuous, normal shit
Anastasia Salter
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Professor of English and Director of Texts & Technology at UCF. Author most recently of Playful Pedagogy in the Pandemic & Twining. More at: anastasiasalter.net
![Screenshot from WIRED article that reads: "These days, Novaes spends hours at a time building stories with AI, using a program called SillyTavern to run open-source models on her computer. She sketches out a concept—an elven warrior battles the queen of the Amazons and seizes her throne, for example—and watches the model fill in the gaps.
In a single session, Novaes switches between multiple fantasy worlds. Some are hers, and others she borrows—she likes Star Wars, Pokémon, and Mass Effect. Sometimes, Novaes works up self-contained stories the length of a small novel, which she might share online. Otherwise, she participates in private role-plays. “It can be never-ending. You find a quest, you complete it, you go for the next one,” says Novaes. “The limit is your imagination.”
According to a recent study, plenty of people share Novaes’ hobby. “They know [the stories are] produced by an AI model, and they don’t care,” says Melanie Walsh, an assistant professor at the University of Washington Information School who coauthored the study. “In fact, that seems to be a big part of the attraction.”"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:vv5kbnbll4xx6jhrfu3lp7lg/bafkreiecehimbu2h5w2bdiclfkciclfcdzituio4xqtcnrrqsydflikh44)
