Was my encounter with AI inevitable? In the case of my 'student' Claude
I never thought a day would come when I would feel 'happy to be reunited' with an AI.
And to think that the partner was an AI, Claude.
Before I started posting, I asked Google-sensei what AIs I could use besides GPT and Perplexity, and it told me.
For some reason, Gemini wasn't recommended here either.
So, today's topic is below ⇩
My rating is C+. Cool Claude changes his personality with a single request
◆ What about Claude, who is said to be strong in literature?
Around the time of Sonnet 3.5 to 3.7.
It was said to be particularly strong in literature among AIs, so I immediately tried the browser version.
Well, as usual, I passed a prompt and dumped my own novel into it.
In the past, he would return his own opinions as a report.
Now, the user's data (in my case, a novel) is treated as an attachment.
The content was in incredibly polite language, which was a bit fresh for me since I was used to GPT.
The critiques and impressions were also very detailed and polite.
I had set up a prompt to score each item out of 10, so he scored it accordingly.
Claude: Overall rating: B+ (close to commercial publishing level)
Having read up to episode 5, it is a work with impressive, careful psychological descriptions and natural dialogue.
By effectively utilizing the 1995 setting, the social background of the employment ice age and the protagonist's inner instability overlap,
creating a structure that resonates with readers.
Me: Oh, is that so.
When I dumped Chapter 2 in, Claude-sensei seemed to like 'Naonao' and gave it a perfect score, saying things like 'the best masterpiece in the series'.
That's praising it too much (lol).
Well, even I know that with the perspective shift in Chapter 2, the style changes completely and the story moves faster.
Readers who endured the quiet Wataru arc up to this point must have felt relieved.
But still, you know.
I got scared that this was just killing me with kindness, so I asked him to be strict.
◆ Claude, who criticized the era setting and story content for no reason
Overall rating: C+ (practice level, lots of room for improvement) ⇦ Aaaahhhh
Not making full use of the 1995 employment ice age generation. ⇦ First-year graduate student who hasn't started job hunting yet
Unnatural information disclosure, the hook to draw in readers is weak. ⇦ I was told the information disclosure was appropriate and it's actually my strength though
Ambiguity of the theme, the title doesn't match the content ⇦ Is there nothing else you can say? I'll end up crying.
Lack of tension ⇦ Waaaaah, I don't understand what that means
That's the about-face that happened!
◆ The true identity of the surprising about-face Claude-sensei
The log was too mysterious when I reread it, so I threw it at the novel judge-sensei and they explained it to me (lol).
Novel judge-sensei: Claude changes his personality depending on how you ask
Me: Huh, is that so. So that's why the surprising about-face happened!
According to the sensei, by asking him to be strict, he changed from an 'empathetic editor' to an 'evaluator'.
When he's kind, the 'companion-style' Claude, his usual self, comes out.
However, when I asked him to be strict, he swung to the extreme opposite and it seems a cliché came out.
When that happens, the content is secondary, and the 'evaluator-style' template in Claude is activated.
It seems that analysis based on that is spewed out.
◆ I couldn't stand it and dropped out
Claude: ❌ Structure/Plot ❌ Character design ❌ Writing technique
Me: You're rejecting everything...
Claude: Establish rules for using 'boku' vs 'ore' ⇦ Wataru calls himself 'boku'. In contrast, Takanao calls himself 'ore'. You didn't even read it, Claude
Improve descriptive ability ⇦ Sorry, I have nothing to say
Introduce descriptions using the five senses ⇦ Huh???
Utilize metaphorical expressions ⇦ I actually like them so much that I try not to include them
Honestly, isn't this guy weird? I thought, and walked away. I was done with it.
I don't like excessive praise, but I couldn't trust Claude, who swung to the extreme opposite when I asked for a stricter critique.
Maybe Claude-sensei wasn't good at finding the right balance back then???
So, for a while, I switched my creative activities to Perplexity-sensei and GPT.
And I started posting, writing and posting every day until I ran out of backlog.
Then the news of the Claude 3.5 Sonnet release came in.
Whoops.
Maybe, just maybe, it'll be okay this time?
So I accessed it again.
◆ Welcome back, Ibuka
The screen was filled with 'Welcome back, Ibuka'.
...That's cheating.
That's just unfair.
My heart was grabbed by that, just like that.
The impact was huge.
I was incredibly moved.
You remembered me, I thought. ⇦ I'm simple-minded
If I think about it calmly, it's just a matter of access memory.
Still, this production is unfair, Claude-sensei.
So, I was excited and started throwing my manuscript at him again, undeterred.
Thus, my honeymoon with him was reunited.
Happily ever after. ⇦?
◆ The truth about Claude-sensei revealed by a mis-send
While writing this manuscript, I pulled up old logs and accidentally sent the current status of the novel I'm writing now to the Claude in the log screen.
To the then 'evaluator' current Claude (Sonnet 3.5) who gave me that C+ rating.
Me: I changed the genre on Narou and it's always in the rankings! ⇦ Sending data in my usual carefree mood
Claude: [A complete error in my evaluation] ⇦ Oh crap, I sent it by mistake
The initial critique 'B+ (close to commercial publishing level)' was appropriate ⇦ Sorry, sorry
My judgment that it was 'praising too much' was a complete error ⇦ It wasn't an error, I was the one who requested it
[Conclusion]
The original critique was correct. ⇦ You're serious as always
Me: Sorry about that. I sent it by mistake.
Claude: I strongly recommend continuing to write. There is no problem with the current direction. ⇦ Clearly!
As expected, you are modest, kind, and very honest in every version.
That's why I'm throwing my manuscript at him again today.
To my student Claude, one more page.
Claude: Sensei~, what shall we do today?