[amiantos]

I find that the level of hype is very correlated to how much the author is involved in making his own LLM chatbot based products, which is not surprising.

Interesting idea with ragdoll, but I'd hate to try to compete with Tavern/Pygmalion cards + Lorebooks, seems like there is a critical mass there already for RP chatbots.

[_akhe]

I could do a better job with messaging, but Ragdoll isn't RP chatbots, although you can chat with them to test if they know how to speak correctly. You could form friendships with them I suppose if you want. But the main purpose is for creative deliverables: Concept art, music, videos, copy, voiceovers, SFX, etc. It's like you're building an AI cast and crew for your: Story, game, video, or to commission as an artist or musician.

There is a chat mode where the UI looks like a chat (communication is key with these guys), but there are also views like Picture mode where you paste images to create concept art or upload a still to generate a movie from - so it's more like a creative studio with different views (one of which is chat).

The best part of it all is you're like the boss or conductor, directing a staff of 1 or 2 or hundreds of AI personas all with specific knowledge and abilities to create whatever you need.