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PaperclipPerfector  5d ago (text post)   2182 thread views

Friday Fun Thread for August 7, 2026

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I've recently been nooticing that something is definitely very weird with naming stuff in LLM-generated smut text. I'm usually a purveyor of uh, established can(n)ons so that usually helps corral the models into a more coherent mold, but recently I've been cautiously trying OC stuff based on old draftsand the naming "schemas" really stick out.

I don't know how to put it in proper words, but it feels like without a defined frame of reference ("you are {{char}} from {{vidya}}, &c"), there are certain "clustered" defaults that models resort to, based on which rough genre/setting the LLM mentally sorts your scenario into. My prompts are detailed enough that I don't get super generic stuff like my good ol friend Elara on a trek to the Whispering Woods shudder anymore, I'm not talking about those (though the existence of such certified hood classics independently encountered by so many people is in itself quite interesting), but the "mental models" the LLMs seem to keep are still quite noticeable in generic/open-ended OC scenarios - to the point that when bringing up say an as-yet-unnamed nearby town (with only the general setting and maybe name of the current one to go off of), the model's response will declare exactly the same %town_name% across several regens, despite being vaguely prompted and ostensibly taking a fresh crack at the worldbuilding every time. I have yet to test if those differ across LLMs, likely they do. Hopefully someone smarter than me is looking into it, or at least has nooticed.

though the existence of such certified hood classics independently encountered by so many people is in itself quite interesting

I had a look at what normal people put into LLMs as prompts, you should radically lower your estimates of consciousness, literacy and taste.

Don't think those can get lower at this point but sure, I'll count my blessings. Back when chub was still usable, I remember having seen a fork of one of my publicly posted cards, with only one difference - a very bobs-and-vagene-coded sentence added to its definitions and greeting message (from the user's point of view too, not the character's like the founding fathers intended!). Granted I have zero pretensions to poetic genius here, the card was like 600 tokens of simple descriptions, but the preferences and literacy of the average coomer have since become painfully clear. In that moment Rayon was enlightened.

I regret to remind you that 98% of people will never make a card or a fork or anything you can see on the user side... I'm talking about looking at it from the admin side, the shit people put in as prompts. AI is wasted on the masses.

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