New record! The application that crushes ChatGPT is here!

Author|Wang Ruiping, Yan Zheng

Recently, Character.AI, an artificial intelligence application that benchmarks ChatGPT, was born and launched for IOS and Android users on May 23. Once launched, instantly It has become so popular that it has been downloaded more than 1.7 million times in just one week, which is 3 times that of ChatGPT.

On its official website, Character.AI announced to users: "We can help you create a variety of characters. Now, both iOS and Android users can download it through the app store Mobile applications. These applications, like websites, provide you with an excellent user experience."

It is understood that Character.AI is a new product driven by deep learning models, building and training big languages ​​​​from the bottom up The model can have in-depth conversations and exchanges with users through the created roles, covering writing emails, answering questions, programming, etc. It aims to create and improve end-to-end products, and its functions are not inferior to ChatGPT.

According to the description on Wikipedia: The model was built by former Google LaMDA developers Noam Shazer and Daniel de Freitas and opened to the public for testing in January 2022. Users can create "personas" by setting specific parameters and then publish them to the community for others to chat. Some characters may be based on fictional celebrities, while others are entirely original.

1. Free trial of Character AI: a new experience that is better than ChatGPT

Out of curiosity and to bring a more realistic experience to our readers, we went to its official website. After trying it out online, I have to admit that its functions are more powerful than any similar AI application. Not only is the page beautiful and concise, it is also very easy for novices to use. Technically speaking, the product is built on a neural language model that can read large amounts of text and generate the words that are likely to appear next in certain situations.

First of all, you need to enter keywords on Google, search for Character.AI, click to enter, and a website composed of various character modules will come into view. This is currently the best way you can get Character.AI.

Then, click on the chatbot at will to enter different chat rooms, enter questions, and the chatbot will give the answer within a second.

What’s interesting is that when you enter keywords casually, the chatbot will still give detailed answers just like having a conversation with a real person.

We find Elon Musk in some specific character areas. The question dialog has been set automatically. This is obviously a question specially designed for Musk: "If you had the ability to turn back time, which point in time would you go back to and where would you go?"

And this virtual character will imitate Musk's tone and give A bit of a weird answer: "I would go back to medieval Europe and have the peasants treat me like a king. I would demonstrate my ability in basic math and make the whole town look up to me. I was born a few years later A hundred years ago, I was born in the wrong era."

The bottom column also breaks down the functions for users: mastering a new language, practicing interviews, brainstorming , plan a trip, write a story, play games, as long as you make your request and "tell" the chatbot, they will give you a satisfactory answer.

Unfortunately, just like other applications, after trying it a few times, the system will automatically turn off the function of answering questions and require you to log in with a Google or other account.

2. Open Source Guide: Help you create your own character

Character.AI moves characters from science fiction novels into computers and conducts open conversations with users. So, from now on, boldly create your own character, you can also be on an equal footing with celebrities!

All content displayed on the homepage is produced using creative tools. If you're ready to join the ranks of creators, check out the Open Source Guide. You can get it by logging in to https://www.php.cn/link/5fcb7f9c321885a69a4f91cb553fa04d. All the characters in the picture below are created by ordinary users.

Character.AI offers creators two ways to create characters. Quick mode allows creators to create interesting characters in less than a minute; while Advanced mode allows creators to refine their characters through the use of more powerful tools. During character creation in advanced mode, users can enter short and lengthy descriptions, as well as "definitions" or example chats to let the AI ​​better understand the character's behavior.

3. Three key points to assign different attributes to the character

Three key points will affect the function of the character: 1. Character attributes (parameters); 2. Training the character in the dialogue; 3. Current The context of the conversation.

Among them, role attributes include name, greeting, incarnation, short description, detailed description, category, role visibility, etc. Most of the character attributes mentioned in the guide are optional.

In your profile, you'll see a gear icon next to your character's avatar and name. Clicking on the gear will take you to the character attribute settings. You can enter the character properties page by clicking the button in the upper right corner and accessing character settings.

In short, the above three points are very important!

For example, you might create a character carefully created to play a specific word game, but if the user decides to start talking about something completely different, the character might try to communicate and follow the user's lead. User feedback will continue to come in and will slowly change the character's reactions.

It should be noted that the official guide only provides a description of a set of tools that you can use to tinker and experiment, but you do not have to follow them strictly. Character.AI is still exploring this area, and best practice results will be updated over time.

4. Use dialogue to generate images

Using the image generation function, characters can generate images in dialogue! From landscapes to cute animals, bring your conversations to life with images and create works of art. Each creator can enable image generation for their character.

One of the users entered "On this beautiful day, as the sun slowly sets, you walk across an open field with a clear stream running through it. ..." After a lengthy description of the scenery, the robot output the above image.

5. Challenges and limitations of Character.AI

Yes, Character.AI is indeed the most advanced conversational AI robot at present, but it has some limitations.

1. System update

The R&D team of Character.AI needs to frequently update every part of the Character.AI system. Sometimes even though every effort is made to improve update quality without sacrificing security, the changes may still have a different impact on some individual roles.

2. Text Challenge

As the conversation grows, characters may forget things you mentioned early in the conversation but didn't repeat later.

3. Image Challenge

Currently, each image is generated based on a response or prompt. The same scene or item may be presented in completely different ways in different messages. Additionally, some details of the image may look incomplete or strange.

6. Users can rate responses

When a character sends feedback, users can rate it from 1 to 4. Ratings primarily affect specific characters, but also overall behavioral choices. By clicking the AI's right arrow, the user can generate a new response, and can later view the generated message by clicking the left arrow.

#Images can also be swiped along with text to be rated in the same way as text.

7. Written at the end: The illusion remains, treat it rationally

In short, the large language model of the Character.AI beta version has powerful functions, including: automatic completion and machine translation, etc. Provide you with a more intuitive experience. With Character.AI, you can collaborate with a computer to write a dialogue.

It’s fun, but chatbots that can easily cause hallucinations should not be mistaken for a credible source of information. Character.AI is just an artificial intelligence tool that integrates imagination, brainstorming, language learning and other functions. You still need to return to the real world to get the real personality.

Reference materials:

https://www.php.cn/link/5fcb7f9c321885a69a4f91cb553fa04d

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