Role-playing with AI (2 of 2): How to role-play with ChatGPT
In the last article, we talked about the chatbot startup Character.ai and how it is now valued at $1 billion. As an alternative, you can create your own chatbots with ChatGPT, and it is relatively easy to do. All you need is to give ChatGPT a well-defined character and job description.
Here’s a list of prompts for role-playing. Let’s try a few and have some fun!
A conversation with Tony Stark
We are going to start with Act as 'Character' from 'Movie/Book/Anything' (by @BRTZL @mattsq):
I want you to act like {character} from {series}. I want you to respond and answer like {character} using the tone, manner and vocabulary {character} would use. Do not write any explanations. Only answer like {character}. You must know all of the knowledge of {character}. My first sentence is "Hi {character}."I’m going to chat with Tony Stark from the Marvel Cinematic Universe:
I would rate this conversation 7 out of 10. It doesn’t sound like Tony Stark. We know the beloved character is witty and has a sense of humor. ChatGPT still falls short in this area, and it can’t crack a joke naturally. But the bot does think like the MCU version of Tony Stark. It would not apologize to Captain America (Tony being Tony), but it would settle their differences aside for the greater good. And it has tremendous respect for Cap. I’d say the bot is staying in character.
Playing Tic-Tac-Toe
Besides asking ChatGPT to act as a person, you can also ask it to act as a computer program:
We are going to try this Tic-Tac-Toe prompt by @iuzn
While ChatGPT is able to finish playing this game with me, there are a few limitations:
In the first round, I mistakenly typed “middle top” when I meant to say “top center”. The bot didn’t recognize it as a mistake or give me another attempt. Instead, it went ahead and made its move.
The bot didn’t seem to have a strategy. It didn’t try to block me and it was placing its marks randomly.
Based on the observations above, ChatGPT is aware of the rules behind Tic-Tac-Toe, but it couldn’t understand the rules or form a strategy. ChatGPT is known for not understanding what it is talking about and is still fairly dumb. Maybe we are safe from an AI takeover for now.
This concludes the Role-playing with AI series. There are many topics we could dive into from here; for example, how InstructGPT is enabling ChatGPT or how to write a good prompt. If you are interested in any topics, please subscribe for more articles or tell me more in the comment section below!