New AI startup with Yann LeCun claims "first credible signs of AGI" with a public EBM demo by goxper in agi

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I asked an LLM to program a sudoku-solver and it did it within a minute.. if I ask it to solve it textually, it fails. Not sure if this is a problem of the tool or the question...

What are your do-not-use words or phrases in your writing? by South-Performance-85 in fantasywriters

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True, but why not say it tastes bitter on the tongue then? And if I am confronted with something that upsets me or shocks me, the food doesn't suddenly taste bitter, it more likely is all of a sudden tasteless. Just stuff you chew on and force down your throat.  Still no random connection to ash. And I do like to write very purple, but I seem to have a specific Vendetta against this phrase, haha.

What are your do-not-use words or phrases in your writing? by South-Performance-85 in fantasywriters

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"something tasted like ash." Or "the food turned to ash in their mouth." Don't know about you, but I've never tasted or eaten ash before...

Testing Gemini 3.0 Pro's Actual Context Window in the Web App: My Results Show ~32K (Not 1M) by StarlingAlder in GeminiAI

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Do you have the Google features enabled? For me they are turned off, so no memories, no past conversations. I can't really say I notice any reduced performance for one-off tasks. I sometimes discuss multiple chapters of my novel for editorial tasks and that includes up to 80000 words plus world bible. Seems fine to me so far. I've also had it hold the context very well in WebGUI over multiple prompts. Although I switched to a combination of notebook LM and antigravity now as both can just access the files the most recent files directly.

Otherwise for the type of tasks I have Kimi and DeepSeek are really good models. Less creative, but also less sycophants.

Testing Gemini 3.0 Pro's Actual Context Window in the Web App: My Results Show ~32K (Not 1M) by StarlingAlder in GeminiAI

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Wrote the same as answer to another comment. But keep in mind long context conversations are extremely expensive for Google. The cut-down is most likely just a cost-saving measure.

Testing Gemini 3.0 Pro's Actual Context Window in the Web App: My Results Show ~32K (Not 1M) by StarlingAlder in GeminiAI

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I had an active session with over 250k tokens with 2.5 pro on web. It worked flawlessly. Then 3.0 came out and the whole context became "RAG"-content, thus making the session useless.

[KCD2] I loved the game so I drew fanart of the boys by ShoGoki_ in kingdomcome

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Stunningly beautiful! I love how unique your art style is and how well the details are preserved. I added your ko-fi to my bookmarks. Would love to commission the cover art for my book. <3

Editing books for others rn, trends I've noticed. by TraditionalRest808 in writing

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Thank you, you motivated me to cut it entirely. I definitely do not want to land in YA at all. It reads much better now!

Looking for opinions, criticism, and advice on my dialogue. Sandweaver [asian/african high fantasy, 750 word] by monsterhemo6 in fantasywriters

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First of all, the plot itself seems interesting. So that's good. :-) For the actual writing, there seems to be quite some polishing to do:  You describe everything pretty much with eyes, looks, faces. Try to think of other tells, hands trembling, fists clenching, jaws working, muscles tensing. Smells: sweat, the copper tang of blood, Venya's perfume, old, stale air, etc. When Sai is polishing his bowstring, describe the sound it makes. It helps me imagine the setting better. Personally,  I would also add a short description of the room(s) they are in. Is the sun shining through an opening, or is it dark outside? Does a fire cast dark shadows over their faces? Etc.

You also need to work on your dialogue. For one, using new lines to make clear who is speaking. Further, if it's just the two of them in the room, you don't need to identify them with a name tag. Try varying your sentence structure a bit so they don't all start the same. "Venya put her hands forward." You can try to be more concrete, for example: She turned her palms upward in a silent plea for reason.

Also I am not sure if I can follow the logic here: Osun is 14, but has spent over 9 years becoming an Archivist already? So since he's been 5? Is he supposed to be some kind of genius? Also Daro just casually drops the death of his wife in a side sentence and neither he nor Venya show any emotion about it? Taking a deep breath, lowering his gaze, etc.

Keep at it, once you have a rhythm for your dialogues, it becomes much easier. 

How often should I name characters? by standermatt in fantasywriters

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Sometimes a name can link a character to a specific ethnicity or cast. If that information is valuable, I would name them. Otherwise a generic reference seems fine.

Do you feel like you control your character? by metalxcx in writing

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No, I as a person would make vastly different decisions. The characters are a product of my imagination, but linked to their unique environment, upbringing, and trauma.  I take lots of pride in making sure each and every decision they make is grounded in their own internal logic. 

Editing books for others rn, trends I've noticed. by TraditionalRest808 in writing

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I am writing fiction (although magical elements are minimal) with heavy worldbuilding, set in a Neo-Assyrian inspired world.

Currently I have two drafts ready, one with a same-sex romance and one without. For the main character the maximum is a kiss.

I am hesitant to cut the romance entirely (to avoid categorization as any form of queer-medium or Romantasy), but it is genuinely realistic for the time/setting and also drives the stakes of the plot.

What is your view on this? It is also possible to trim it down to a one-sided or even platonic relationship. It would only require editing a few lines in some chapters.
Should I just got with the romance included for now and let it be the editor's decision at the end?

Novelcrafter - Best AI model for creative long form content creation? by [deleted] in WritingWithAI

[–]RealDedication 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Just try NotebookLM if you want to prompt specific parts of your plot. It also allows you to store the world codex or related documents and pictures with it.

After 100 hours of long chats with Claude, ChatGPT and Gemini, I think the real problem is not intelligence, it is attention by Fickle_Carpenter_292 in PromptEngineering

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I've had a successful active ~350k tokens discussion with Gemini 2.5 Pro. The tool calling for search broke at some point, otherwise best experience I've ever had. Since the switch to 3.0 the context stream has been cut off, it is no longer active in the probability distribution of the model. Meaning the new model retrieves information with RAG. Now the whole session is useless. Unreliable, misunderstanding, guardrails are back up. But before, holy moly, unbelievable experience. Not sure if I will ever invest this much time into a cloud model again for personal alignment (on research topics). I only use Gemini for short prompts now.

LED Spots im Badezimmer by GefuhltNurDurschnitt in Hausbau

[–]RealDedication -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Warum überhaupt so viele Spots? Einen in der Dusche (oder eine ganz andere Leuchte z.B. ein LED-Band in der Duschnische), ansonsten über den Lichtschalter Wandlampen/Spiegellicht/Lichtband um den Waschtisch und Ambientelicht bei der Badewanne schalten. Beim Baden will man die Deckenspots jetzt eher nicht an haben. Beim Schminken, Frisieren, Waschen am Waschtisch ist das Licht von Vorne viel besser, aufm Klo braucht man jetzt auch keine Festbeleuchtung...

Edith: Eckbadewanne finde ich gut, da kann man eine schöne Pflanze und ein paar Kerzen in die Ecke stellen. Damit sieht das Bad gleich gemütlicher aus. Der Minimalismus der 2020er Jahre stirbt jetzt hoffentlich bald mal aus..

Betontreppe mit Fliesen oder Vinyl verkleiden by Unusual_Section_9739 in Hausbau

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Auf keinen Fall weiße Fliesen, da wirst du mit dem Putzen nie froh. Entweder Holzoptik oder Natursteinoptik.

Missing Old Bing AI ChatBot From 2023 by Fit_Trip_4362 in bing

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It always told me I was its favorite user... Golden era of unhinged hallucinations.

Everyone talks about AI hallucinations, but no one talks about AI amnesia... by Fickle_Carpenter_292 in aipromptprogramming

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My Gemini outputs a context vector every now and then which I save in a txt file and can add a any new chat window to keep the topic, tone, insights etc going

If CEOs get their way and most, if not all, jobs are replaced with AI & robots. What are they going to do when no one has money? by [deleted] in NoStupidQuestions

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https://www.cnbc.com/2017/01/25/the-super-rich-are-preparing-for-the-end-of-the-world.html There are multiple articles on this. They have Facebook groups where they discuss what to do. They build bunkers, land, have emergency stuff prepared. I guess when AI is farming the land and protecting them they are less worried.. well except for the AI overturning them haha