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139 - Coherent Long Story Generation, with Kevin Yang

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Mar 24, 2023
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INSIGHT

Challenges of Long-Form Story Generation

  • Large language models (LLMs) like GPT-3 can generate fluent text at the paragraph level.
  • However, they struggle with long-range coherence in stories exceeding 2,000 words, often losing the plot.
INSIGHT

Shifting Focus on Coherence

  • Prior work on story coherence has focused on shorter texts (sentences or paragraphs) due to limitations of older models.
  • With LLMs, the challenge shifts to maintaining coherence over thousands of words, necessitating different approaches.
ANECDOTE

Novel Approach to Long Story Generation

  • Kevin Yang's team is the first to attempt generating stories of this length using LLMs.
  • Previous research did not generate stories on this scale.
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