# AI text generator **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 9, 2019, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-text-generator/843204 "2019-11-09T14:55:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Ecks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bcef8e/32.png) [@Johnny\_Ecks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ecks)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2019, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-text-generator/843204/1 "2019-11-09T14:55:59Z")
Remember a few months ago Elon Musk announced that he wouldn’t be releasing a AI text generator because of it’s ability to creat fake news stories on demand? Well, it’s been released- [https://talktotransformer.com/](https://talktotransformer.com/) The product varies between pure comedy and indistinguishable from real news, but it’s fun to play with. For example, entering “The cat lovers of America announced today” Returned a result: The cat lovers of America announced today that they have created a “cat club” to promote responsible cat ownership and education. “We’re not here to tell you you have to adopt a cat, and if you don’t, you don’t have to. But there are things you should do every day to encourage your cat to be healthy, happy, and well-cared for,” said Tasha, the leader of the organization. “We’ve spent our time talking to the cat community and explaining what responsible cat ownership means,” Tasha added. “We want to create a space where cats can be embraced and cuddly, and we want people to see the love behind the act. We want people to think, ‘Oh, that’s a cute cat.’” ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2019, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-text-generator/843204/2 "2019-11-09T15:19:38Z")
My attempt was somewhat interesting, I guess (First sentence was the seed.): I was sitting at the bar when the devil came in and sat next to me. I asked him, “How much?” He replied, “You know how much I charge.” I said, “I can’t afford this.” He replied, “Oh, then come over there and try it!” So I went over there and I tried it. I thought, “Wow, this is a real drink.” I tasted the drink and said, “It’s not good at all.” He said, “How much did you pay for it?” I said, “Well, I just bought it from you, but I thought, I can’t pay you back.” He said, “Well, I’m going to give you a free drink!” So I bought it and when I was about to pay, the bartender said, “What’s that?” I said, “Well, that’s a free drink.” “No,” he said, “you can’t have it.” So I said, “How do you know I paid for it?” ---
**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2019, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-text-generator/843204/3 "2019-11-09T15:22:32Z")
I tried the first line of The Hobbit. I don’t think novelists have anything to worry about. > [@](#): > > In a hole in the ground there lived a Hobbit. No one knew what he did there, for he was poor and kept himself to himself. One day when he was deep in thought, he heard a noise, and peered into the hole to find that it was just the hobbits, who had been playing in it. He was frightened and ran away, and soon found that there were many more of them than he had imagined, and they began to peck at the earth, and dig in it, and build in it, and dig under it. Then the hobbits grew afraid, and thought they would run away. But a little later they went back and found that the hole was now full of water, and the water had risen all the way to the top of the hole, and they had to stay there for a long time in the mud and the cold, and the water ran into their food. Finally the water became so bad that the hobbits had to go deeper into the hole, ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2019, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-text-generator/843204/4 "2019-11-09T15:27:59Z")
Donald Trump and his small penis… > [@](#): > > Donald Trump and his small penis > Donald Trump is a misogynist who has made his penis the centerpiece of his campaign for the White House. A number of female reporters, including Megyn Kelly of Fox News, have questioned Trump’s mental health and fitness for office because of it. His penis has become a central part of the campaign because Trump has made it a central part of his campaign for the presidency. It was the subject of his first press conference after clinching the Republican nomination and is featured prominently in his “I’ve got the world’s greatest people” slogan, which he released on June 16, 2015. > > "The only people that care about my little “pussy” are the thousands of fake Twitter followers, the millions of dollars in free press, and the five minutes of fame I get on TV & Twitter every day. The only people who care about my little “pussy” are the low-life chumps that live in our apartments with their mother’s maiden name ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2019, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-text-generator/843204/5 "2019-11-09T15:30:26Z")
> [@](#): > > Nursing homes in America may be facing significant problems with the opioid crisis. Many of them have closed their doors for the last two years, while some have stopped taking the medications, while others are using heroin instead. Many of these patients need medical support to manage their addiction, and they may be having trouble finding any type of support at all. But thanks to the National Comprehensive Care Act (NCCA) of 2000, many of these patients who are struggling to survive are not without health insurance. \*snort" This one came up when I typed in “angry birds.” > [@](#): > > Angry birds’ attacks on people, domestic animals and other animals have caused more than 7,500 deaths worldwide. > > A new study, published in the journal PLoS One, examines the most effective way to deter these birds of prey. > > Previous research has indicated that baiting with small live or dead birds, and then letting them hunt down larger birds, will deter some birds from flying close to homes, or from attacking humans. > > But the new study suggests that these methods only work if the larger birds are not able to see the small birds. ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2019, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-text-generator/843204/6 "2019-11-09T15:32:04Z")
On the other hand this one could be a real news story…except for using offseason for regular season > [@](#): > > The Raiders win the Super Bowl > In what’s becoming a common theme this offseason, the New England Patriots come into the AFC title game with an outstanding defense and a quarterback who can lead them to the big one. On the other hand, the Oakland Raiders have a defense that is on the verge of a major regression, and a quarterback who has the tools to be great, but also one who is trying to find his way as he gets older and more comfortable in the NFL. The Raiders will go into the game with a young team, but they have plenty of experience to draw from, and more importantly, more weapons than they’ve had in recent years. The question is whether they can turn that experience into a successful season or if their defense will continue to struggle. > The Patriots will look to a dominant defense to carry them through. They’ll need to find a way to slow down the rushing attack of the Raiders’ offense (which could be a major problem) and force the Raiders ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2019, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-text-generator/843204/7 "2019-11-09T16:19:28Z")
Kim Dardashian releases a new sex tape: Kim Dardashian releases a new sex tape. After the initial shock, I get to see more of the Dardashian family and their lives. While I like the fact that she did not keep her mouth shut about the details of her family life, the film is a little bit too focused on her and not enough on her boyfriend. When she is not getting into sex with other men, her brother is running around in his underwear and is not even trying to hide it. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2019, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-text-generator/843204/8 "2019-11-09T16:41:22Z")
The cat \*\* > [@](#): > > **The cat** had its tail docked, which meant that the tail had to go. This was a very painful procedure. I had to take the cat in the morning to the vet, which meant I couldn’t leave the house for about an hour or so. > > There was a cat shelter nearby, and I was able to see a couple cats and a young boy. I was really impressed by how the boy had such a good attitude to his situation, as he seemed quite well adjusted to everything. > > I was there to take photos of the other cats and the boy. I took a lot of pictures of the cat, which were really quite bad. > > At the end of the day, I decided that I didn’t want to take the cat home, because if it was my cat, it would be at the veterinarian for another four months. That’s when I decided to leave. > > The cat’s tail had to be docked. This was \*\* ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2019, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-text-generator/843204/9 "2019-11-09T17:02:18Z")
> [@madsircool](#): > > Donald Trump and his small penis… > > > [@](#): > > > > Donald Trump and his small penis > > Donald Trump is a misogynist who has made his penis the centerpiece of his campaign for the White House. A number of female reporters, including Megyn Kelly of Fox News, have questioned Trump’s mental health and fitness for office because of it. His penis has become a central part of the campaign because Trump has made it a central part of his campaign for the presidency. It was the subject of his first press conference after clinching the Republican nomination and is featured prominently in his “I’ve got the world’s greatest people” slogan, which he released on June 16, 2015. > > > > "The only people that care about my little “pussy” are the thousands of fake Twitter followers, the millions of dollars in free press, and the five minutes of fame I get on TV & Twitter every day. The only people who care about my little “pussy” are the low-life chumps that live in our apartments with their mother’s maiden name Are you sure this isn’t an actual news story? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2019, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-text-generator/843204/10 "2019-11-09T17:04:14Z")
Putin sex tape found In case the name doesn’t ring a bell, it’s a long-running, ongoing, major, well-documented scandal in the world of political journalism, which you’ve probably heard of. The allegations that surfaced in the past several months, led to Donald Trump’s eventual firing of his campaign manager, and ultimately, to the appointment of a special counsel in the ongoing Russia investigation. It’s the biggest scandal of the Trump administration so far and is now being investigated by several congressional committees as well as a special prosecutor. It also has the potential to destroy the President’s reputation as well. In late August, a tape allegedly from the Russian President’s sex life was reportedly found. A report in BuzzFeed described it as “the most damning evidence yet” that Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin are “bromancing” and “having a really good time.” ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2019, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-text-generator/843204/11 "2019-11-09T17:05:32Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > Are you sure this isn’t an actual news story? 😃 Fake news is more real than real news. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2019, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-text-generator/843204/12 "2019-11-09T17:12:40Z")
Damn, politics is being injected everywhere these days, even AI generators. I seeded it with “The Devil Came Down to Georgia” and it took a political turn I was not at all expecting: The Devil came down to Georgia this week to try to convince one Republican and one Democrat in Congress to vote against a funding bill for Planned Parenthood. The goal of the operation was to make life miserable for House members who did not vote for the bill. They succeeded, in a major way. The bill passed easily in the House but the Senate isn’t likely to agree to the same thing in a vote expected sometime next week. And the bill is so bad it will probably be vetoed. The president, for once, has no excuse. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2019, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-text-generator/843204/13 "2019-11-09T17:15:16Z")
An interesting take on the Bible: > [@](#): > > **In the beginning** there was no Jesus. Jesus was the son of David. But he was a son of Mary, the daughter of Zechariah and Elisabeth, and God’s beloved, who came to dwell in the bosom of her father David. The whole world had not yet heard of him and so he had to come. This story, as all the other stories, is part of the Old Testament, but the meaning is a Christian one. Jesus was the perfect man of God. He was perfect by nature because he had the Word, the Word made flesh, in him. This Word was the Spirit of God. The Word was also our true God. He was the Christ, or Messiah, who would take up the work of his Father in the work of salvation and set himself up in his place as the Savior of the world. He was the true God. The only one who could say that. And it does better than I expected with nonsense: > [@](#): > > **Variable speed corn muffins** is great for breakfast on the go. They’re baked in an 8×8 inch pan with a muffin tin, and they bake in the oven for 10 minutes. You can also make them the day before and freeze them in an airtight container. > > The secret is to keep a large bowl of milk ready in the oven (I use my 8×8 inch pan) so that the eggs can be beaten after the pan is ready. I use 3 large eggs and 2 teaspoons of baking powder. The eggs get beaten until light and fluffy. Then they get mixed with the dry ingredients to make them a bit runnier. It’s not necessary but I like it just in case. When the batter is ready, it’s poured into the muffin tin and baked at 325 degrees for about 25 minutes. > > When I made this corn muffins recipe it was my first time making corn muffins, and I wanted to try a more traditional muff… More than nothing happens, but not much more: > [@](#): > > **xyzzy** y.jpg" alt=“” /\> \
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\ \ \ **Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2019, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-text-generator/843204/14 "2019-11-09T17:15:17Z")
God what a great way to spend a slow Saturday morning madsircool sex tape: comedy or horror? MADSIRCOOL: A few years back I was invited to a party where people were doing this, and they were doing this stuff, so I was just like, “Yeah I know this shit.” And so they put this tape together of us doing sex stuff with each other, and we all sort of laughed and started talking about it, and then they put out that the tape was fake, and then they were like, “So why didn’t you guys do this when you were 18?” I think it was because they were all over-sexed and probably thought this was a fun prank, and they wanted us to do the same thing, so I was like, “I don’t think I have a good excuse, but yeah, I don’t have one.” So I was like, “Oh, that’s why you guys had the tape.” **The first time I saw that tape was when I saw it in the office** :eek::eek::eek: ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2019, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-text-generator/843204/15 "2019-11-09T17:15:43Z")
Jesus, this one got dark in a hurry (spaces between sentences left intact as given on the website): Mary had a little lamb The next day she told me her name was Mary. I found out I was a shepherd And I’ve been telling my sheep to beware of wolves And when the sheep ran away from me And the wolves began to feast I told the sheep I was hungry and they had no meat And I took out my knife And I stabbed the lamb in the neck And the sheep cried out in terror I laughed and laughed And I was still laughing Then I stabbed it in the heart And the sheep cried out in terror And I laughed and laughed Then I stabbed it in the chest And the sheep cried out in terror And I laughed and laughed Then I stabbed it in the throat And the sheep cried out in terror And I laughed and laughed Then I stabbed it in the belly And the sheep ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2019, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-text-generator/843204/16 "2019-11-09T17:18:44Z")
And I need to change the combination on my luggage: > [@](#): > > **correct horse battery staple**. There was nothing else, nothing that could have replaced this one. > > For years I have been trying to find out why people don’t use the horse battery staple. The question is usually the same: Why don’t people use the horse battery staple? I have always believed that if the horse battery staple was universally understood as the ideal way to store and power a horse, then a horse could be a truly practical power source. It would not need to be wired into a horse battery. > > The horse battery staple is one of those ideas that is so obvious that it is rarely thought through or considered. You probably have a horse in your barn, or even your horse might have a battery in its hoof. Perhaps the battery needs recharging. Perhaps you are taking care of your horse and wish to use it for other purposes. You might want to take it in for a cleaning or to get it out of the rain. All of these purposes require ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2019, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-text-generator/843204/17 "2019-11-09T17:29:24Z")
Einstein: Hippy or bad hair day? Marilyn Monroe: Not quite so bad hair day. Lennon: Oh yes, I am so sure. Pablo Picasso: I’m thinking of going out into the great outdoors. Einstein: I’ll take you for a ride in my convertible. Lennon: Oh that’s too bad. You’re too nice. Einstein: You’re not too nice. You’re just a little too nice. Lennon: You know, there’s a thing. If you ask a person what makes a man attractive to women, they will tell you that he has to be good-looking. Well, that’s all right. Men do have to be good-looking, but it’s not as important as the fact that he’s a good person. Einstein: I think I’ve got a really nice face. Lennon: I think you might ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2019, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-text-generator/843204/18 "2019-11-09T18:12:23Z")
This was from just the word “Frogs.” \*\* > [@](#): > > **Frogs** are extremely intelligent. The fact that frogs are smart makes it possible for them to learn new things. For example, if you want to learn more about how to grow rice plants, you should start with learning about how to care for them, because you can learn the basic information about that. But, if you do so, and later you find that the plant you have been growing is no longer a good one, you can easily correct it. So, it is very important to know what things are the most important to do. > > How can you tell the difference between frogs that have gone wild and those that are living in the wild? > > It is very hard to tell. The most effective way is to look at the color of the frog. It is very hard to tell if they are wild or not. In fact, if they have been domesticated and have grown up, they are more similar to wild animals. But, if they are wild \*\* ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2019, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-text-generator/843204/19 "2019-11-09T18:27:44Z")
So I plugged in the first sentence from the description on the web page. Pretty dull stuff, but I nearly blacked out from laughing when I reached the part about what the cat was doing. \*\* > [@](#): > > \*\*See how a modern neural network completes your text. \*\* This is what you get when you put a neural network with 1000 neurons on the job. It does this with a simple language model and a linear transformation on the inputs. > This particular model is a convolutional neural network. What this means is that we are taking an input image and giving it to the network to learn about what it can see. That is to say we take a picture of a cat and give the network an image of a cat’s mouth, mouth position, and a mouth color. The network has no idea what this cat is doing, other than that it’s eating a bag of rice. The network’s input is a single image, one cat. We can apply different types of convolutional neural networks to the output of this, the cat, and the same for the input. You can think of the convolutional network as being like a filter. \*\* ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2019, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-text-generator/843204/20 "2019-11-09T18:54:39Z")
> [@](#): > > **Slartibartfast** : Well I can’t say for sure, but I do know that they’re being worked on by different people with different ideas. > > The big thing to me is that we were talking about the whole issue of how to approach a single entity, something that was designed to be a single entity. This is the one of the questions that I’ve been getting over and over again over the past week or so; people really want to see something that’s not just a single entity with a few tweaks. It’s like I said; there’s no reason that we can’t have more things. I know that the engine is able to handle a single entity and if we were to make a new single entity, I don’t know how you’d deal with it. What’s the point of doing it? But when I think about how many people play the game and how many people have made modifications to it since the last time I talked about it, we have to Fits him quite well, don’t you think? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-text-generator/843204.md?page=2)