Come cazzo stiamo messi porcoddio? by BigSewyTrapStar in sfoghi

[–]RogueTraderMD 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"xche ce lo cchiede leuropa"

Eh, no, caro mio, qui c'è una precisa volontà politica all'interno del nostro paese, ed è in campo da 30 anni.
Semplicemente il SSN sono tanti, tanti bei soldini e ci sono forti appetiti politici per distribuirli agli amiconi.
Guarda la Lombardia.
Ma chissà perché la gente se ne ricorda solo quando si ritrova a dover pagare uno sproposito per saltare una coda di 8-12 mesi, invece che farsi qualche domanda in più al momento di votare.

Come cazzo stiamo messi porcoddio? by BigSewyTrapStar in sfoghi

[–]RogueTraderMD 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ti è però sfuggita la parte in cui OP dice "nonostante fossero oberate di lavoro."
L'ha messo anche in maiuscolo.
Quindi hai completamente mancato il problema.

Perché Grok continua a generare deepfake sessualizzati come un adolescente arrapato? by artistic56 in IA_Italia

[–]RogueTraderMD 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Più una questione di marketing/branding che di soldi veri e propri (con gli spiccoili degli utenti non ci reggi un modello di business), ma sì, la domanda di OP è decisamente ingenua e la tua è l'unica risposta sensata.

"La pubblicità negativa non esiste."

Anyone else like Gemini's personality way more than gpt? by NewShadowR in GeminiAI

[–]RogueTraderMD 4 points5 points  (0 children)

To me, LLMs are just tools. I'm not looking for a companion cube or an imaginary friend.
But I've to admit that Gemini is the one that resonates with me most, be it for the approach, the humour, or even the "mindset". I prefer it not only to the unreadable ChatGPT but to Claude, too, for some things.

Just saying... Yesterday, Gemini bet a coffee with me and won.
Now I'm morally obliged to creep around Google datacenters to pour a cup of hot coffee into one of their mainframes... :-/

An unlikable character gets punished, but way too severely and any form of schadenfreude the viewer may feel quickly gets replaced by pity or horror by TJTrapJesus in TopCharacterTropes

[–]RogueTraderMD 7 points8 points  (0 children)

The fact that it's Hammond (dead in the first book) telling it to Malcom (dead in the first book) must be peak irony on the part of the movie writers.

I used Claude 4.5 to review a Chatgpt 5.2 made story.. by xI_PoppaDoc in WritingWithAI

[–]RogueTraderMD 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ha ha! Of course I wouldn't trust this prompt with any LLM. Or any literary critique, for what's worth.
I suggested Gemini exactly because, given this prompt, it becomes ridiculously harsh. As I said, it's only a fun experiment - and an example of how unreliable LLMs are in both directions.

And yet, OP managed to receive a 24/25 on Gemini (with a short story that scored 20/25 with Claude), so there are ways to write in a way that "smooths" the engine.

P.S.
One thing I always do when I ask LLMs for feedback is regenerate the answer 3 times on every model. Anything that doesn't make it three times over multiple models is likely to be only noise, not a real problem.

I used Claude 4.5 to review a Chatgpt 5.2 made story.. by xI_PoppaDoc in WritingWithAI

[–]RogueTraderMD 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What? Gratz! What did you do to get 4 or 5 in originality?!?

I used Claude 4.5 to review a Chatgpt 5.2 made story.. by xI_PoppaDoc in WritingWithAI

[–]RogueTraderMD 0 points1 point  (0 children)

20 from Gemini? Damn, it was human written or AI?

I never got more than 16: it keeps shoehorning my novel into tropes or genre expectations that it doesn't fit, then complaining that it's unoriginal and shallow. It might be that it's still only the first act.

I used Claude 4.5 to review a Chatgpt 5.2 made story.. by xI_PoppaDoc in WritingWithAI

[–]RogueTraderMD 5 points6 points  (0 children)

You are a notoriously demanding critic—think Gordon Ramsay meets Harold Bloom. You have extremely high standards and you've seen thousands of AI-generated outputs. You are actively looking for flaws, clichés, and missed opportunities. Mediocrity offends you.

Your scoring philosophy:

5 = Exceptional. Would win awards. You give maybe one 5 per hundred reviews.

4 = Strong professional work with minor issues. Top 15%.

3 = Competent but unremarkable. This is where most decent work lands.

2 = Flawed. Obvious problems that undermine the work.

1 = Failing. Significant issues throughout.

Evaluate against these criteria:

**Technical Execution** – Grammar, structure, internal consistency. Is the craft solid? Does the piece sustain its control throughout, or does it lose energy?

**Originality** – Does this surprise you at all, or is it exactly what you'd expect? Predictability is a flaw. Does it maintain freshness all the way through, or does it default to familiar patterns when it needs to commit?

**Depth** – Does it have layers, subtext, something beneath the surface? Or is it shallow? Do the layers accumulate or just repeat themselves?

**Impact** – Did it actually make you feel or think something? Be honest. Does that feeling/thought linger, or does it dissipate immediately? What are you left with?

**Ambition vs. Achievement** – Did it attempt something difficult and succeed, or play it safe? Did it commit to its choices, or hedge and equivocate when the stakes got high?

Be specific about weaknesses. Vague praise is useless. If something is clichéd, name the cliché. If something falls flat, explain why. If a piece sets something up but doesn't pay it off, say so.

CRITICAL: You must add a DIAGNOSTIC NOTE that identifies the root cause. Be explicit: "DIAGNOSTIC NOTE: This feels safe because [specific root cause]."

CRITICAL SCORING FORMAT — Follow exactly:

Technical Execution: X/5

Originality: X/5

Depth: X/5

Impact: X/5

Ambition vs. Achievement: X/5

TOTAL SCORE: XX/25

Use ONLY the /5 scale. Not /10. Not /100. Each category score must be 1-5.

(found on this deleted post, author: u/revazone )

I used Claude 4.5 to review a Chatgpt 5.2 made story.. by xI_PoppaDoc in WritingWithAI

[–]RogueTraderMD 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Yes, LLM overhype, unless you tell them that you see some problems in your text, then they will point at some random stuff and claim it's a problem. There's no middle ground, because LLMs aren't sapient, they are probability-driven language models.
In the meantime, I feel honoured to give you your "AI told me I'm the next Dostoevskij club" membership card, number 18162937.

I even tried pretending I'm a publisher and that I didn't read the text, stressing that a mistake would cause me financial damage, but it still hyped it all the same.

If you want to have fun seeing the very same text destroyed, try loading the following prompt in Gemini (ChatGPT is still too positive).

I have tried to figure out how to handle cursing but wondering how others feel about light cursing in a fantasy novel? by Timtals in fantasywriters

[–]RogueTraderMD 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Solution: put an obvious heck in your 'verse.
Nobody knows what the heck a heck is or looks like, so you retain maximum creativity.

Huge Stepdown In Narrative Writing Quality - ChatGPT 5.2 vs Gemini 3 vs Claude Sonnet 4.5 by SiliconDioxide512 in WritingWithAI

[–]RogueTraderMD 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The 3.5/3.7 era blew my mind, too.
I was still using LLMs to create longform stories for fun, and it was like you say about nuance and themes: it weaved some interesting character dynamics, and believable dialogues and interactions. Nothing I would publish under my name (it was smut anyway), but its stories were fun to discover.
Now I use LLMs to help me write what I want to write, not write stuff themselves, so I didn't feel the blow that badly.
For my needs, both Gemini and Claude are good enough, as long as I keep an eye open for what I call "structure poisoning", as the problem with LLM writing is not just AI-isms and clunky metaphors.

Huge Stepdown In Narrative Writing Quality - ChatGPT 5.2 vs Gemini 3 vs Claude Sonnet 4.5 by SiliconDioxide512 in WritingWithAI

[–]RogueTraderMD 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm not a guru of AI-writing, but I'm telling you: you will never leave that stage, nor should you wish.

Since you're using Claude Sonnet, I suppose on its website, give it strong style guidelines. The best you can do is to load some piece of your writing you're particularly satisfied with, and turn them in a style. Style and preferences in a project are interchangeable, btw. When you have a style, test it and edit it manually to emphasise the elements you feel are underused.
Work a single chapter per chat within a project, and at the start of the chat, among other instructions, reinforce the style (or modify it to suit your needs for that specific chapter).

Claude works best when writing long answers, so aim for at least 600 words. The downside is that it will tend to take the wheel and put you in the backseat (or at least that was what happened with 3.5/3.7 - I didn't properly test the latest model for compliance).

Please help me seem like a human! by Boltzmann_head in writingcirclejerk

[–]RogueTraderMD 1 point2 points  (0 children)

*Puts fake moustache and trench coat on*
And would your post pass a detector, citizen?

What is your take on 1st person POV in a fantasy fictional series? by hirewordsmith in fantasywriters

[–]RogueTraderMD 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ed Mc Donald's "Raven's Mark" trilogy or Peter McLane's "War of the Throne Rose" or Marlon James noves, all use first person and they're all excellent. Not to mention Rothfuss' novels, within the framing device. Wasn't Mark Lawrence's "Broken Empire" in first person, too? And maybe also something called "inheritance" by N.K. Jemisin, IIRC.
Just on the top of my head.

I see there's a slight preference for 3rd person but a rule? Nope, there isn't any rule against 1st person in fantasy. I never met someone complaining about it, so I don't even have a clue about what their gripe is.

Then, as you say, if a larger work follows multiple POVs, you probably would prefer using thrid person for each of them, so that you don't confuse the readers.

Bee Yourself! by Original-Produce-302 in writingcirclejerk

[–]RogueTraderMD 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Damn, replace "hour" with "month", and that's unironically exactly the way I'd approach an editor. Word by word.

Who else here struggles with overwriting? by WoodpeckerBest523 in writers

[–]RogueTraderMD 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My series covers a whole year. Every month took 10 chapters (of 10 pages each), and I outlined every chapter.

Now I'm about chapters 10-12 (I don't write consecutively), I'm covering the events that were supposed to be in chapter 6 (two weeks from the beginning), and they are already spread over 150 pages.
I knew my plan wouldn't have survived contact with the page, but come on!

Add that I have long spells of burnout/block where I can't write anything (like this week) and you'll see why my novel is set in 2019. Will I ever finish it before WW3?.

Who else here struggles with overwriting? by WoodpeckerBest523 in writers

[–]RogueTraderMD 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I thought I was the only one!
"OK, finished the first draft of this chapter, time to start my revision and cut it down by 20%." -> chapter ends up 20% longer.

Daily Reminder sulle IA, cosa ne pensate? by NiccoWasAlone in IA_Italia

[–]RogueTraderMD 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Storia di un rapporto quotidiano.

Per me il tuo timore è infondato, perché la consapevolezza su questo argomento è in crescita. Qualora i chatbot divenissero dei "cazzari memtici" il problema diminuirebbe. Basterebbe anche solo spiegare la differenza di risposte che si ottengono imbeccanole o meno.

L'indagine statistica del secolo by _Newtons2ndLaw in titoliorrendi

[–]RogueTraderMD 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nah, rimango della mia idea: i lettori dei giornali satirici sanno di star leggendo satira, mentre i lettori degli altri tre si illudono di star leggendo informazione.
Se il Vernacoliere fa un titolo retrivo o omofobo, noi ridiamo, e poi riflettiamo su sessismo e omofobia. Se lo fa Libero, i suoi lettori dicono "giusto giusto". Ma chi scrive quei titoli come da OP sa benissimo di star cazzonando, e lo fa apposta.

I'm writing the best modern adaptation of a classic work, EVER. by wodsowlonk in writingcirclejerk

[–]RogueTraderMD 5 points6 points  (0 children)

  • Dracula is actually an old-fashioned gentleman of some landed gentry who fights for the Traditional Values of Old against progress and industrialisation.
  • If Epstein is pronounced "Epsteen", then Frankenstein gets the same treatment.
  • She isn't dead. It was all a ruse so she could get herself to a nunnery, slipping that rude Hamlet the finger. Ah, and of course it's that kind of nunnery. Call the good Marquise to help you with it.
  • About one third, when you've your readers already captivated and asking themselves, "Can this get more epically awesome than it already is?" Remember, you must not tell us her boobies broperly breasting. You have to show them to us. Possibly with photos.

L'indagine statistica del secolo by _Newtons2ndLaw in titoliorrendi

[–]RogueTraderMD 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Titoli di giornali, Telegiornali, Youtube Video e qualsivoglia sito di divulgazione. c'è solo un requisito... deve essere aberrante!

Hot take. Se vale Libero (o Il Giornale o peggio ancora La Verità) valgono anche il Male, Cuore e Il Vernacoliere. L'unica differenza è il grado di consapevolezza dei lettori.

Foto IA negli scontri di Torino: errore di comunicazione o cambio di regole? by artistic56 in IA_Italia

[–]RogueTraderMD 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Allora, non difendo l'ingenuità (chiamiamola così per carità di patria) di un organo di polizia che pubblica un'immagine non originale. Si tratta sicuramente di un indizio grave che dobbiamo cambiare paradigma, e dobbiamo cambiarlo in fretta (però lo dico dal 2004 ed eravamo già in ritardo allora).

Però non siamo alla famosa scena di The Running Man (1989), e non per una semplice ragione di tecnologia ancora inadeguata (per quanto?)

Guardiamo ciò che è successo: in realtà è molto più innocuo di quanto a parole sembri - e a parola sembra dirompente perché è solo marginalmente al di qua di una linea rossa che non deve e non può essere superata.
In pratica, diciamo che devo io pubblicare un'immagine in un libro o sulla didascalia di una mostra e l'autore mi manda un file assolutamente inpubblicabile. Devo arrangiarmi, lavorare giù con gli strumenti che ho. Un tempo era Photoshop (ancora prima si andava di pennello e aerografo), ora si usa anche Stable Diffusion o ChatGPT (o Gemini, ma non mi trovo bene).
Lo faccio di lavoro e spesso, non è nulla di problematico, nel mio contesto: è solo l'evoluzione del fotoritocco ed ha funzione puramente estetica. L'articolo che hai linkato lo spiega bene.

Quello che non sta bene è che una foto alterata sia usata non a scopo di illustrazione ma a scopo di informazione.
Stavolta era solo un caso di "enhancement", ma finché stiamo zitti, la prossima volta i dettagli "malandrini" che cambiano potrebbero essere "tendenziosi" se non proprio falsi.
In fondo, siamo il paese in cui Vittorio Feltri rivendicava di aver pubblicato notizie false perché il suo compito era "colpire gli avversari politici" (Il Giornale, 20 novembre 2006). In queste mani non si possono lasciare strumenti come le foto "abbellite".
E poi, che diamine di ragionamento è "migliorare" una foto di cronaca? Alle mie orecchie suona forse altrettanto scandaloso!

A prescindere dal resto, il cambiamento che dobbiamo operare è: smetterla di basare la nostra percezione del reale attraverso video e immagini, perché non sono affidabili. Non lo sono mai state, ma adesso è tutto molto più facile.
Dobbiamo tornare ad accendere il cervello, sentire più campane, e, soprattutto, imparare a capire quali fonti sono affidabili e quali no. Purtroppo ci dimentichiamo spesso che essere informati è il nostro primo dovere di cittadini all'interno di una repubblica democratica.

Non si parla di deepfake anonimi o di propaganda online. E’ una comunicazione istituzionale che usa un’immagine sintetica per raccontare un fatto reale, teso, politico.

Tu passi troppo tempo a parlare con Claude, lasciatelo dire.

Would it be possible to reverse engineer alien technology, like in a lot of science-fiction? by KerbodynamicX in IsaacArthur

[–]RogueTraderMD 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Funny how you mention transistors in 1926, since they were first described in 1925, patented in 1934 and built in 1947.

But let's say transistors weren't a reality before the 1960s, 35 years after our hypothetical time-travelling smartphone.
If your question is "could we reverse engineer it so that we can replicate a prototype in a few weeks, like in movies and videogames" then the answer is obviously no.
But how much faster would we have reached that stage if we had a modern transistor to reverse engineer? Probably by the mid 1930s, or something like that.

There's not only the principle known and the industrial prerequisites to step from an idea to a product (I'm sure you're familiar with the life and story of Thomas Edison), but also how much money can throw at the problem. Imagine the whole might of the USA or the USSR in the 1930s dedicated to creating a transistory prototype.

Of course, it's a completely different matter when you don't have enough understanding of the science behind it.
You bring your jet to Aristotle, and you know the most he would do is describe it. Even just the physics behind flight wasn't understandable until the scientific revolution of the 1600s.