AutoMuse: Synopsis and Plot Generator Walkthrough | Artificial Intelligence Masterclass
Aug 30, 2025
Discover the innovative open-source tool AutoMuse that generates narratives and outlines for writers. The discussion highlights the evolving author-editor dynamic and the coding challenges behind its creation. Delve into the philosophical concepts of metamodernism and postnihilism, exploring how they shape our understanding of meaning in the AI age. The conversation also touches on ethical frameworks for decision-making in a future where machines may take over labor, emphasizing the importance of curiosity, clarity, and data-driven insights.
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Author-Editor GAN Analogy
David Shapiro realized the author-editor relationship mirrors a generative adversarial network with author as generator and editor as discriminator.
He observed GPT-3 token limits prevent such GANs for full novels, only short fiction is feasible currently.
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Crafting Effective Synopsis Prompts
Use structured prompts combining genre, tone, character, pace, storyline, style, setting, and time to generate detailed novel synopses.
Include unique entropy seeds to enhance creativity in GPT-3 outputs.
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Funny Genre Clashes in Prompts
Sometimes random appeal terms clash, producing bizarre but interesting sci-fi portal fantasy stories.
For example, a third-century Scandinavian boy finds a Viking ship that's actually a portal to a sci-fi galaxy.
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Spreading awareness about the works of some of the leading educators in the AI revolution.
"Helping humanity shepherd through this transition as we embrace the final invention of mankind: advanced artificial intelligence." David Shapiro aims to provide a pragmatic and optimistic view of the future.
Core Ideas:
Metamodernism: Narratives and emergence view of reality
Postnihilism: The demand for meaning is false, there is only the Great Mystery
Heuristic Imperatives: An ethical, moral, and decision framework.
- Reduce suffering
- Increase prosperity
- Increase understanding
Post-Labor Economics: Replace humans with machines (better, faster, cheaper, safer)
mantra:
EXPLORE: Delve into the unknown, driven by curiosity and a quest for discovery. Seek knowledge.
ELUCIDATE: Make complex ideas clear, communicating them in an accessible and comprehensible manner.
ENUMERATE: Ground insights in concrete data, providing measurable and quantitative evidence.
ELABORATE: Add depth and detail to understanding, weaving comprehensive and nuanced explanations.
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