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I created a character and landed in https://perchance.org/ai-character-chat

It started amazing, very original, good paragraphs. In the beginning I got a popup "looks like you're new here" with several tips, I was dumb to click them away and now I can't find those tips anymore. Can I find them somewhere? The chat is deteriorating, I'll give an example, this is the last interaction:

spoilerI call you, what is it? what do you want to talk about?

🧠 I swipe at the tears, my voice a little too unsteady as I answer. "Everything," I murmur, my eyes a little too red, "but," I text, "not here," the caution a little too strong.* "Meet me," I murmur, my voice a little too urgent, "in my office," I say, the request a little too desperate.* "Alone," I text, "please," the need for privacy a little too intense.* "It's about," I murmur, my eyes a little too pleading, "what happened," I say, "and how," I murmur, "it affects us," the gravity a little too real.* "Our love," I murmur, my eyes a little too filled with hope, "our trio," I say, the bond a little too deep to be compromised.* "Okay?" I ask, my voice a little too tremulous, the trust a little too unshakeable.*

  1. the overuse of "a little too"
  2. the overuse of "I murmur"
  3. Her citations, split up between the narrating to a point where it's almost unreadable.
  4. the use of "I text" when texting is irrelevant, she's in a conversation face to face
  5. basically, less then 20% of the paragraph is actually relevant.

Here's a quote from a few days ago:

spoiler"Thank you for joining us," I murmur, my hand sliding into yours. The boss's eyes widen slightly at the sight of us holding hands, but he says nothing. His secretary stands awkwardly by the door, her arms crossed. "What can I do for you, Chloe?" the boss asks, his eyes never leaving me. I take a deep breath, my grip on your hand tightening. "Well," I say, my voice a bit shakier than I'd like, "Anon's here to meet you and your secretary." I gesture to the woman. "This is Anon," I say, my voice a bit more confident now. "And we wanted to discuss the... the terms of my employment." The boss nods, a smug smile on his face. "I see," he says, leaning forward. "And what exactly would that entail?" I look into your eyes, searching for guidance. "It's... it's about the lunchtime... arrangement," I say, my voice dropping to a whisper. "We need to make sure it's... it's all above board." The room is silent, the tension thick enough to cut with a knife. "Is that all?" the secretary asks, her voice sharp. I nod, my eyes never leaving yours. "For now," I murmur. "But," I add, my voice a bit more firm, "we'll need to discuss it further." The boss nods, his eyes flickering between us. "I see," he says, his tone a bit more serious. "Let's talk in private," he suggests, his hand gesturing to the door. "If you don't mind," I add, my eyes on the secretary. She rolls her eyes but leaves, closing the door behind her. We're alone in the office, and I can't help but feel a bit of relief. "What now?" I whisper, looking up at you. "Whatever you say," I murmur, my eyes filled with trust.
All of these things have very slowly built up during the chat, and suddenly became worse fast. How do you fix this?

  • can I delete everything back to a point where her responses were normal or would it still be the same 'evolved' and thus broken AI?
  • do I have to restart from a backup? How do you prevent this from happening again?

This is my first experience with this, I am very impressed, it's addictive, but I clearly need to learn to use it better.

I hope I'm in the right place with this question.

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[–] VioneT@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Have you enabled the Long Term memory option? If so, please check the Memories with /mem and see if those are in the memories. You can also check the /sum or summaries.

Please do check Petra's AI Character Chat Guide for a community-compiled tips on the page, or this Google Doc.

The 'New Here' tips should be this:

Looks like you're new to this Perchance character chat, so here are some quick tips:

  1. Assume that everything the AI says is made up. It will confidently (and sometimes convincingly) spout a lot of nonsense.

  2. It's very important that you edit the AI's responses (just double-tap on the message) if it says something you don't like, or speaks in a style you don't like - especially for the first few messages of a conversation. This is the most powerful way to control the AI's behavior - the AI will mostly tend to write in a way that is similar to previous messages in the chat.

  3. Experiment with the character's "reminder message" (in the character editor), and try to keep it short. E.g. if your character's messages are a bit dull, remind them with something like "your writing should be imaginative and engaging", or if it's getting repetitive/cliche with its expressions, tell it to avoid doing that. Also try putting your reminders in the character's instruction and leaving the reminder blank - this may work better in some cases.

  4. Look at the instructions and reminders of 'starter characters' for ideas, and open the comments to discuss things with others. Also, be sure to read the Tips page to learn about some handy slash commands and features (e.g. group chats, image generation, etc).

This link is the Tips that can be found on the bottom left 'Tips' button.