How I got AI to write actually good novels (hint: it’s not outlines)
Hey Reddit, I recently posted about a new system I made for AI book algorithms. People seemed to think it was really cool, so I wrote up this longer explanation on this new system. I'm Levi. Like some of you, I'm a writer with way more story ideas than I could ever realistically write. As a programmer, I started thinking about whether AI could help. My initial motivation for working on Varu AI was to actually came from wanting to read specific kinds of stories that didn't exist yet. Particularly, very long, evolving narratives. Looking around at AI writing, especially for novels, it feels like many AI too ls (and people) rely on fairly standard techniques. Like basic outlining or simply prompting ChatGPT chapter by chapter. These can work to some extent, but often the results feel a bit fl...
