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AI is a lot of fun and with large language models and natural language processing, we get some cool features, like being able to chat with a bot that talks like Elon Musk. Or anyone else for that matter.
Today I will show you a tool, that lets you do just that and even more. There is fun to be had!
And the best part — it’s completely free!
Let’s get straight to it.
Character is an AI tool that offers different text models. You can play around with existing ones or even create new ones yourself. I even created a version of myself you can try chatting with.
Here’s the website:
You can sign up using your Google or Discord account, or simply use your e-mail.
During the sign-up process, we are reminded that we won’t be talking to actual people. And everything has to be taken with a grain of salt.
screenshot from https://beta.character.ai/onboarding/
Once you have learned some more safety-related information and accepted the site's terms. You are ready to go.
What would you ask Elon Musk, if you had the chance to chat with him? Now you can. (Kind of)
Here’s an excerpt from my chat with AI Elon:
Screenshot from https://beta.character.ai/
While not exactly the responses Elon himself has given on this topic during interviews, the overall style of conversation seems pretty close.
Let’s try someone else.
Ever wanted to be taught by Albert Einstein himself? Here’s Einstein explaining relativity to me:
Screenshot from https://beta.character.ai/
I guess I should have specified that I am interested in General Relativity, the theory that Einstein is famous for coming up with.
Instead, I got a pretty good explanation of just plain, simple relativity. Which is still quite impressive.
I also asked a trick question about matching socks. Einstein was known for not wasting time on matching socks. The answer was quite good. But I don’t believe he actually wore identical socks.
We have tried talking to AI versions of people. But there is something more we can do.
This tool also allows playing text adventure games with AI. Let’s give it a go.
Here is an excerpt from a text game I just played with AI:
Screenshot from https://beta.character.ai/
Pretty cool, huh?
But that’s not all.
The tool also allows you to create your own characters and train them a bit.
Here I have created a version of myself you can try chatting with.
Chat now with HungryMinded · created by @Hungry_Minded
If you have some fun conversations with AI-HungryMinded, let me know in the comments.
The process was easy and straightforward. If you would like to talk to AI versions of Elon Musk, Albert Einstein, and many more, play some text-based games or create an AI version of yourself or somebody else, this is definitely worth checking out.
Although, this tool is currently meant for entertainment and passing time. It still showcases how powerful AI language processing tools have gotten.
There are a lot of potential use cases for tools like this. Support chatbots could become much better at what they are supposed to do. We could soon see a new generation of extremely good digital assistants that understand us a whole lot better than the ones we have currently. We could potentially have something like automated e-mail answering machines, that actually answer sensibly. The sky is the limit. But one thing is for sure. The world is changing.
Check out this tool and have some fun with it!
That’s it for today!
Stay curious and stay HungryMinded!
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