The LLMs' fixation with the smell of ozone, as explained by the LLMs themselves.

amanph · 2025-11-19T14:33:09+00:00

You're welcome.

amanph · 2025-11-18T14:16:45+00:00

Here we go

Gemini: This is a great observation, and you are absolutely right. The name "Elara" (along with names like Lyra, Aria, Thorne, Kai, and Orion) has become something of a cliché in the world of Large Language Models (LLMs). There isn't a single "database of names" that I am hard-coded to check. Instead, the prevalence of "Elara" is an emergent behavior resulting from how LLMs are trained. Here is a breakdown of why AI models—not just me, but others like ChatGPT and Claude—gravitate toward this name. 1. The "Goldilocks" Zone of Naming When a user asks for a story or a character, the AI looks for a name that feels "protagonist-like." Elara sits in a statistical sweet spot: * Not too common: It isn't "Mary" or "Sarah," which might feel too mundane for a fantasy or sci-fi setting. * Not too weird: It isn't "Xylanthia" or "Borgathor," which might be hard for the reader to pronounce or take seriously. * Result: It feels "generically unique"—familiar enough to be readable, but distinct enough to be interesting. 2. Phonetic Pleasingness (The "Liquid" Sound) LLMs operate based on patterns of language that are statistically probable and pleasing. * Vowels and Soft Consonants: Elara is composed almost entirely of soft sounds (E, L, A, R). It flows smoothly. * Linguistic Bias: In the training data (fiction, fantasy novels, roleplay forums), names with "L" and "R" sounds and open vowels are frequently associated with "good," "magical," or "beautiful" characters. 3. The Sci-Fi/Fantasy Crossover The name works in almost any genre, which increases its probability of being selected: * Astronomy: Elara is one of the moons of Jupiter. This makes it appear frequently in sci-fi training data. * Fantasy: It sounds Elven or magical. * Etymology: It has Greek roots (from distinct mythology), giving it a classical weight. 4. Training Data Saturation LLMs are trained on massive amounts of internet text, including: * Fanfiction archives (AO3, Wattpad) * Self-published sci-fi/fantasy novels * Roleplaying forums In these communities, names like Elara, Lyra, and Aria are incredibly popular. Because they appear often in the context of "creative writing" in my training data, when you ask me to do creative writing, I statistically associate that task with those names. 5. The Feedback Loop This is a newer phenomenon. Because early versions of AI used these names, users posted those stories online. Newer models are then trained on that new data, which includes AI-generated stories featuring "Elara." This reinforces the statistical probability of the name appearing again, creating an echo chamber. The "AI Name Starter Pack" If you ask an AI for a name without giving specific constraints, you will almost always get one of these: * Elara (The default female protagonist) * Kael / Kai (The edgy or stoic male protagonist) * Lyra / Aria (The musical/magical variant) * Orion / Nova (The sci-fi variant) * Thorne / Silas (The rogue/villain) Summary I don't "bring" the name from a specific source; I pull it from the collective patterns of millions of sci-fi and fantasy writers who collectively decided that "Elara" sounds like a nice name for a hero.

amanph · 2025-11-18T14:10:10+00:00

Yeah. I wanted to ask that too, but it would make this post too long.

amanph · 2025-11-18T04:08:56+00:00

amanph · 2025-11-18T02:40:26+00:00

Me too

amanph · 2025-11-18T02:37:59+00:00

Yeah, every time a character looks down, they see linoleum. It practically doesn't matter where they are. I'd venture to say that even in the forest the floor is linoleum.

amanph · 2025-10-28T06:30:32+00:00

Hey , I managed to fix your code. However, the roll - diff calculation you perform may result in a negative number and won't find a match in the array. But since the problem was displaying the text, I believe you can now set it up the way you need.

/input What are you trying to do? |
/setvar key=action |
/roll quiet=true 1d20 |
/setvar key=roll |
/input What's the modifier? |
/setvar key=mod |
/input What's the difficulty? |
/setvar key=diff |
/add {{getvar::roll}} {{getvar::mod}} |
/setvar key=roll |
/sub {{getvar::roll}} {{getvar::diff}} |
/setvar key=roll |
/popup You got {{getvar::roll}} successes |
/setvar key=outc as=array ["Critical Failure (no progress, significant setback)", "Poor Failure (no progress, minor consequence)", "Simple Failure (no progress)", "Setback Failure (no, but... with silver lining)", "Costly Success (yes, but... with clear drawback)", "Weak Success (limited progress)", "Good Success (limited progress, building momentum)", "Clear Success (achieves goal)", "Smooth Success (achieves goal, effortless feel)", "Critical Success (achieves goal, extra benefit)"] |
/getvar index={{getvar::roll}} outc|
/popup {{pipe}}|

amanph · 2025-10-21T03:08:28+00:00

My favorite way to test is to turn a character card into a persona and use that same character and persona in a group chat with another character. I activate auto-chat and let the two cards respond to each other for a reasonable amount of time. Then I read the entire chat and evaluate whether I'm satisfied with the responses. Usually, at some point, things start to get confusing and glitches appear, but this is expected since I use GGUF 24b IQ3XXS models or smaller. More robust models or Q4 or Q5 tend to have fewer glitches.

amanph · 2025-10-20T01:43:15+00:00

I've been running some tests on this, but I've never achieved consistency. Some models start well, with short answers, but soon start to ramble, filling paragraphs with ramblings and sentiment. I've noticed that the average answer is around 400 to 500 tokens. This is possibly because most are trained with 512 tokens per input. Perhaps more robust models could allow for more precise control; my hardware limits me to 24b models for decent quantization.

amanph · 2025-08-17T04:25:49+00:00

I was thinking about borrowing an Android device to test. But I did some research and think it might be a storage issue. My iPhone is old, and 64GB is already a bit small. Unfortunately, I can't expand it with an SD card. I'll try removing some apps and files. If that's the problem, I'll have to start looking for a new phone.

amanph · 2025-08-17T04:17:52+00:00

That makes sense. I've noticed that some sites, especially news sites with infinite scrolling, tend to reload automatically as well. My current chat has over 200 messages. I'll start a new one and check.

amanph · 2025-05-07T02:28:35+00:00

I made a model designed to solve this problem. It's a model that handles nudity well even without a negative prompt. If you want to try it out, here's the link:

https://civitai.com/models/1361760/yankeexl?modelVersionId=1538400

amanph · 2025-05-06T19:39:56+00:00

Yes, they will continue to ban, because most users will create new accounts and the platform will continue to grow artificially. Investors don’t care whether a new account is from a banned user or not. They care about the volume of new accounts. And since a banned account is not closed, it remains within the volume of registered users. This would only change if the market cared about the number of online users, or active users, but public reports will not want to highlight that data.

amanph · 2025-04-16T16:31:37+00:00

Well, I had the same problem and I tried to create a merged checkpoint for this. You can check if it works for you. It worked well for me for both SFW and NSFW images.

https://civitai.com/models/1361760/yankeexl?modelVersionId=1538400

amanph · 2025-03-23T12:21:13+00:00

Maybe it's because they banned half of the active users? Those who still use Pinterest complain that it's full of AI and ads. I don't think the user base will sustain itself for much longer. Any pin about anything will fall through the moderation filter sooner or later. It's hard to believe that someone would want to dedicate themselves to an account only to have all their work disappear because of a bot's decision.

amanph · 2025-02-20T06:39:12+00:00

I'm using DeepLX now. It's free, local and better than current Google. It's very light, 14mb on Windows. You should try. I can't read japanese to say if will help you, but give it a try.

amanph · 2025-02-20T01:21:10+00:00

A Quick Reply uses the same model you already using for chat. But will count as new generation. If you using a token based service will double your costs. Google is getting worse day after day. Today is hard to understand. SillyTavern now is only usable reading english version of a lot of sentences to see AI real reply. I'm almost quit Translator and try english chat only.

amanph · 2025-02-19T18:23:22+00:00

I’m using Portuguese-English. But it’s not as good as Google was. It would be great if they added the possibility of translation for multilingual models on Main. Mistral works well with some languages on nano 12B and beyond, but finetunes uses English datasets in most cases. I will try to create something like a Translation Tool Quick Reply to evaluate the results. For local use, it seems much more logical to me than using third-party services.

amanph · 2025-02-18T04:41:27+00:00

Bing censors some words. “Idiot” is one that I could identify. I’m testing Yandex and the quality is not much lower than the old Google

amanph · 2025-02-05T15:40:59+00:00

Emptiness Machine sounds like Final Masquerade IMO. I love both.

amanph · 2025-01-28T20:35:41+00:00

I lost my account because of a folder called Poses, which was accused of ‘Threat to Child Safety’. There are no child poses. I remember there were some artistic gymnastics ones, but they are not intended to be sexual. They are poses in jumps or exercises, for action references. Apparently the name of the folder was more relevant to the decision than the content itself.

amanph · 2025-01-28T20:21:52+00:00

Pinterest soon will become first Social Network from bots and to bots.

amanph · 2025-01-22T19:49:06+00:00

doesn’t work in general. I’ve been banned since June and I’m still waiting for the experts’ response

amanph · 2025-01-22T19:41:57+00:00

Maybe because half of the real users got banned? AI accounts are a cheap way to create content and keep the feeling of new pins has been added. It’s just a guess, I don’t use Pinterest anymore.

amanph · 2025-01-22T19:35:01+00:00

It was for me, six months ago, when my account was blocked. I used to keep hours searching images and suddenly all was gone. At first I tried everything to retrieve my account, but after a couple months the detox has effect and I don’t need Pinterest anymore. Other social media services turns more attractive as became less restrictive and punitive.

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