[mirabilis]

I think you lose that draw of interactivity when you’re essentially reading someone else’s RP, though.

[rhdunn]

You're not reading someone else's RP, though. Not with the applications that support this.

There are things like the character(s) you interact with, the initial setting, and some background information predefined, but the responses/evolution of the RP vary depending on things like the model used and the user's interactions.

It's somewhat like taking a D&D setting/scenario. Each group plays it differently.

[mirabilis]

Ah, the point I was trying to make was more akin to “why would I read your AI-generated story that you’ve posted as a static text/ebook trying to make a profit when I could do [essentially the scenario you described].”

[LoganDark]

As someone with extensive experience with this: no, you don't.

As much as it's nice to know another shares my interest (and will partake in it with me), I can't always get that.

When I can't get that, LLMs are not a worthless substitute, especially if what I actually want is just to play out a situation.

I want to act and then get back a description of reaction. LLMs can describe reaction, therefore I find value in them.

Like how in D&D you go to do whatever and the dungeon master tells you what happens in response. LLMs fit there for me.

They don't fill the void of social interaction or anything like that, but I don't strictly need that here.

Take a look at services like AI Dungeon to see the kind of thing I'm talking about.

It doesn't really replace social anything, but it's kind of like text adventure. It's plenty interactive enough.

[mirabilis]

To clarify, I meant that the draw of AI-written content would be exactly that interactivity - why read a story someone else has generated and posted in a static way when I could go and tailor one to my exact tastes instead. “No one wants to read AI generated texts” being appended with “that they haven’t gone and cooked up themselves”

[LoganDark]

I would wager that's not universally true either. Certainly, I've read stories that were AI-assisted and appreciated them, because not only are they content on their own, they give me ideas too. Inspiration, if you will. And then, yes, I can go right on to generate my own, too.

Like, "why not both?"

Also finding AI-generated content to similar tastes is a great way to potentially finding buddies. I've made a lot of friends from certain ventures