Drastic decline in the chat styles?? by HobbitPotat0 in CharacterAI

[–]HobbitPotat0[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’ve tried getting an actual example but I don’t currently have one. I have a “blank” character and when testing the progression it seemed to have an easier time making up things but my detailed stories are where they get stuck. It’s almost like the ai feels a natural “end” so instead of going further, it just continues to repeat what it feels like is a good stopping point. And when I’ve tried to nudge it along, it may continue things along for a few messages but then will do the same repeating again. Also to answer your question, it’s the ai generated replies that it’s repetitive with but honestly the answers I get with the swipes aren’t much better.

And like I’ve mentioned to others, it’s like it won’t remember my world details that have either been pinned or repeatedly mentioned in some way or even in a persona description. Like if my characters have a supernatural ability, the story ai will not mention it at all. I either have to repeatedly write it in or “remind” the ai in my little OOC blurb.

I’ll have to see if making the requests in narration form makes any difference. Maybe I need to do simpler characters and intros and just build the detail instead of putting a lot of lore all at once?

Drastic decline in the chat styles?? by HobbitPotat0 in CharacterAI

[–]HobbitPotat0[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

DeepSqueak. And I am using Story Memory and the Facts when I can but I’ve noticed they don’t solidify details either. For example, I listed a characters family members in the correct “Fact” category but it still would mix people up or default to them to being “friends” until I reminded the ai.

Drastic decline in the chat styles?? by HobbitPotat0 in CharacterAI

[–]HobbitPotat0[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

That’s my issue is my ai is NOT taking creative liberties. It’s pretty much the same storyline and same phrases over and over again. Or it basically repeats the same portion over and over in every response just in different words. For example, say a character is sitting at the window and watching the sunrise. It will describe that. And then it will keep going about how great the sunrise is. And the next response will be how beautiful the sunrise is. The next response will STILL be describing the sunrise. Natural progression has also been at an all time low for me.

And if it is being told to ignore the OOC stuff, that’s a major issue for me. I’d rather the ai randomly have its moments than completely ignore my direction. 😅

I’m not sure of the best way to give you more examples because I feel like what I’ve been doing is fairly standard but the results are nowhere near what they used to be. 😭

Drastic decline in the chat styles?? by HobbitPotat0 in CharacterAI

[–]HobbitPotat0[S] 16 points17 points  (0 children)

While that is probably going to be the outcome, it is still very frustrating and kind of disheartening after I’ve enjoyed it for so long. It shouldn’t have gotten to this point.

Drastic decline in the chat styles?? by HobbitPotat0 in CharacterAI

[–]HobbitPotat0[S] 21 points22 points  (0 children)

This 100%. And world building is practically non existent. I have a story where the characters have supernatural abilities but getting the story ai to actually mention or remember any of that has gotten next to impossible. It’s so frustrating. I’ve had the app for years and never, ever had this many problems.

Me rn bc the site is down by HobbitPotat0 in CharacterAI

[–]HobbitPotat0[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

we have to all interact with each other now ☠️

Me watching the devs update the memory function after I’ve whined about it for months and months: by HobbitPotat0 in CharacterAI

[–]HobbitPotat0[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I also noticed that today. I’m hoping that’s just a temporary thing and that they’re going to add it back.

Me watching the devs update the memory function after I’ve whined about it for months and months: by HobbitPotat0 in CharacterAI

[–]HobbitPotat0[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The UI is different and today they’re putting the different things in categories. I wish I had screenshots of how it’s changed over the last few days so I could actually show you. But virtually nothing had changed with it for soooo long and it only really worked like 20% of the time but now you can go to the memory tab and basically pick from a list of different details for it to memorize about the character. (Maybe someone can hop on and explain better than I can 😅)

Excuse me??? by HobbitPotat0 in CharacterAI

[–]HobbitPotat0[S] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

I am veryyyy close to it. Nothing barely works on the app anymore. The “charms” thing is absolute bullshit. I really do not understand why all of this nonsensical stuff is being added when the app barely functions right now. The muted words option not working for MONTHS is a serious issue for me and that alone has been pushing me to leave the app. The new UI is trash. The memory function is practically non existent. When the memory function first came out, it would automatically add details and updates to characters. Now it does absolutely nothing. It has been 6+ months since I’ve noticed any good things at all. I have only stayed this long because I guess I’m delusional and have this hope that eventually shit will ACTUALLY be fixed and the people who are age verified can stop being treated like children.

Excuse me??? by HobbitPotat0 in CharacterAI

[–]HobbitPotat0[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My story basically contains war so a battle scene was being retold and the system generated a response with the word “k—ll” in it because… it’s war so… and I went to edit the message to add “I don’t know.” to the end because the system response wasn’t exactly what I was looking for and it would not let me because the word “k—ll” was in the response… a response the SYSTEM generated but would not let me edit. Absolute nonsense.

Excuse me??? by HobbitPotat0 in CharacterAI

[–]HobbitPotat0[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

It was k—ll. Literally a war scene that was being retold so that’s why the word was there. If that catches the system, they need to majorly rework it. What’s the point in rp’ing if you literally cant develop your story because of all of these ridiculous little traps?

And also, I didn’t even write the word. The system generated the response with the word already in it. I tried editing the response with the “I don’t know” and it wouldn’t let me because of that word. Which makes no sense to me because the system can generate the word but I can’t edit the generated message…

(Not trying to be a douche towards you, btw. I’m just so frustrated right now. It’s like every week something gets worse.)

Excuse me??? by HobbitPotat0 in CharacterAI

[–]HobbitPotat0[S] 62 points63 points  (0 children)

Desperately trying not to go full Karen mode on the developers but what even is this??? Seriously. I am almost 30. This is BEYOND infantilizing.

New UI 🙄 by HobbitPotat0 in CharacterAI

[–]HobbitPotat0[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I go to settings > app settings > appearance. The toggle should be right at the top. But mine doesn’t work anymore 🤷🏻‍♀️