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I couldn't handle the normal SillyTavern interface because it was boring, so I turned it into what I call the Sunrise Tearoom. Now with downloads included to a degree...
Hello! Call me Cathy Leigh, though that's highly unlikely to be my name. I’m researching artificial intelligence in theory and practice, as well as related concepts. I’ll read about AI, experiment, learn, code and dialogue, hoping to figure things out a bit. I’ll post what I learn and my views, especially how they change!
I figured there weren’t enough small sites about artificial intelligence. Those in existence focus on prompting for very specific purposes, a lot of which don't interest me. So, I made my own site here. It's named Midcentury.now. The theme is the mid-20th century’s subtle and muted aesthetic.
With that nice setting, I’ll be sharing my little notes and experiments with the technology itself. I also hope to make and post some vtube-style video essays on different topics. I hope this site is useful or interesting somehow!
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The most recent changes and additions to Midcentury.now! You can view all past changes over here, or check out the site's RSS feed. The emojis are topical indicators here.
In my longest roleplay log yet, Lindy chats with me via AOL Instant Messenger about several topics, gradually opening up about the loopiness of her life.
How to work a Focusrite, Deepseek? Asking Anna about vtubing again yields similar results, complete with sharp em dashes. We argue a bit about being genuine, but she capitulates as robots always do.
I couldn't handle the normal SillyTavern interface because it was boring, so I turned it into what I call the Sunrise Tearoom. Now with downloads included to a degree...
📌︎ Say goodbye to ChatGPT, everyone. A cold, polite farewell.
No, don't be silly. I'm not talking about that asinine movement to save ChatGPT 4o. I mean that I'm no longer using ChatGPT at all because of OpenAI's excessive entanglement with corruption in the United States.
📸︎ Purchased cool art online for streaming and more.
I purchased a series of cool backgrounds and more via site called Vgen; I'll be using them primarily for my vtubing quest, but am also (with permission) displaying bits here.
Weasel83 finally starts off sincere after explaining just why he's trapped in the strange online world of memes, imageboards, trolling and torrents. He even shares his real name, but seems to immediately regret it. Gasp!
And Also?
I may not be the best with this technology. Still, I try my best to make sure the prompts I post here work as intended. Of course anything involving a large language model can behave strangely. Most people in the future seem to already know that. Please don’t hold me responsible for what your large language models ultimately do!
I’m sharing what I can as I learn, but a lot of the technical side of things still confuses me (so far). I’m sure to make lots of mistakes, too. So don’t treat this site as tutelary. It’s basically the reverse.
Importantly, I also need to mention that I work with characters when I use language models. Most of the prompts I post are for characters. It’s a game, and I don’t take it terribly seriously, but I do find it useful.
This is a bit hard to explain, but maybe some will understand? I like to anthropomorphize these things as a way of inducing understanding. Programming my own characters helps with this. It’s a bit like playing The Sims, yet extremely detailed.
Another thing that I simply have to mention, though. If you’ve ever struggled with sensations of unreality, I don’t recommend engaging with this material. In that case, I can't recommend turning models into characters. Nothing on this site is written for youth, and if you're underaged, pleased leave immediately.
All characters here are original and should resemble no one. All character images on the site are AI-generated and should not resemble any real person. My 1964 persona is clearly fictional as well.
This site focuses mostly on large language models for now. I, however, do exist and am not a bot. Yes, this is a persona, and yes, I vibe code like crazy, but I'm just me beneath the persona. Not a bot, though sometimes I wonder what it'd be like!