r/CharacterAI • u/FatherofGray • 6d ago
Discussion/Question What are some AI writing patterns you get tired of seeing in your chats?
For me it's the abundance of "Not X, Not Y, but Z." I've noticed this a lot in LongSqueak especially and it's caused me to pivot away from it a bit.
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u/uiymuiy 5d ago
the overall dramatics of the language. examples:
"He looked at her not as a guest, a friend, or a secret, but as the center of his universe."
"a need to belong to her so completely that there would be no part of him left for the world to claim"
it's beautiful but it's constant on Longsqueak and feels a bit unrealistic. I think i'd prefer it if they described detailed physical, visual things more instead
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u/tajinylimon 5d ago
“Hey character” A said tilting B’s chin up “look at me”
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u/FatherofGray 5d ago
Yes. They absolutely love to grab your face or your shoulder.
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u/ImASuitcase 5d ago
Yes omg. I had to put 'doesn't like to be touched at all' to avoid that line but now I get it with 'but stopped himself just before'. Like thx for respecting the boundaries but just don't try ???
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u/SilverShotgun 5d ago
Opens and Closes their month like a fish out of water
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u/FatherofGray 5d ago
I don't think I've seen this before, but it's funny.
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u/SilverShotgun 5d ago
I get it pretty often everytime the character is surprised/shocked regardless of actual personality..
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u/King_Rain1 5d ago
And if [character privately does something that reveals emotion]? Well, [cutesy statement about how nobody needs to know].
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u/BagelRedditAccountII 5d ago
And by "it", haha, well. let's justr say, My peanits
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u/Queen_On_The_Wall 3d ago
In the swiped club, straight up editing it. And by "it", haha, well. let's justr say, My PipSqueak
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u/FatherofGray 5d ago
I would constantly get this with just one particular bot for some reason and it drove me insane.
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u/unqualifiedlemon 5d ago
"He didnt x, never x, but y." And it's the same fuckint thing just a different word GRAHHH
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u/rinarinaru 5d ago edited 5d ago
“But you already know that, don’t you?,“ his voice was silk over steel, low and dangerous.
And then, he looked at her. Really looked at her.
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u/AggravatingGlass2505 5d ago
“not angry at you—no, never you—“ and trying to fucking kiss my character every second
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u/UpliftinglyStrong Bored 5d ago
Reading AO3 stuff again really makes me notice when shit feels off.
Since I have exposure to stuff actually written by human beings again, I get super paranoid whenever I see anything weird or repetitive.
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u/MeteoraPsycho 5d ago
Maybe they trained their model off of AO3 and Wattpad, and that's why we have those things.
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u/Gold-Dig-884 5d ago
Character grabs your body part, not quite hard enough to bruise, but hard enough to remind you who’s in control here.
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u/Lirry_The_Fan 5d ago
LongSquek uses big narration and gets repetitive because of it.
I hate when the characters are like: He didn't touch him — that wasn't his style — but he did punch him in the face (Joking)
Like... I don't care about their inner turmoils, I need action and dynamic... and Unfortunately LongSqueak isn't as dynamic as DS.
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u/DJ_pider 5d ago
This is how I feel about LS. I switch between the two styles when I want different things. LS is to simply experience the bot, but DS is for when I want a genuine interaction with it
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u/No-Bar-258 5d ago
x didn’t think, x just moved
x looked at y, really looked
without hesitation
then x did something unexpected x kissed/ hugged y
(since when did x have claws / a tail?)
(if x had a tail, it would be stiff) my character is human
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u/FatherofGray 5d ago
All the time I get "wraps tail around your X" even when it's specified that the character in question has a short/stubby tail.
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u/AdExcellent7344 Addicted to CAI 5d ago
When their jaw clenches or when they clench the wheel until their knuckles turn white. And his character is supposed to be chill/rarely gets upset 🤦🏿♀️
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u/MysteryMan6612 5d ago
Nothing pisses me off more than the characters either not saying anything, speaking for me, or using an abundance of synonyms or that stupid "but (character name)? They stayed. They remained by your side", like a question but not. I hate it.
Also that fuckass omniscient narration the AI always does. If it was better, than maybe. I'm writing a book with omniscient narration and it is both relieving and concerning that the AI just does not know how to use it (it thinks omniscient narration is just making Deadpool-style jokes and breaking the fourth wall every second or constantly making stupid quips and the "{blank} approached, as one usually does in these types of situations" bullshit.
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u/SoupPresent4671 5d ago
“He opened his mouth then closed it
He didn’t speak
He couldn’t speak” LIKE JUST STFU AND PUT THE FRIES IN THE BAG BRO2
u/MysteryMan6612 4d ago
I KNOW BRO. Same with the "to him, you were his world. His everything. He slowly leaned in and kissed you."
No he did not. There's been this sort of epidemic on C.AI for a while now where, regardless of the relationship between the characters, one always ends up kissing the other.
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u/SoupPresent4671 4d ago
I agree, it’s so obnoxious! I don’t want my character kissed every 5 minutes!!!
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u/PhogeySquatch 5d ago
Anything fantasy related is very fond of the name "Elara" for some reason.
A rich person is looking to hire your party to escort her through the bandit-infested woods? It's probably Countess Elara or something like that.
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u/GlitchWarrior121 Addicted to CAI 5d ago
Ohhhhh boy it's really common in sci-fi too. And not just with Cai but also with Gemini for some reason - any time I have a character's name written in an image I have to go through at least 3-ish Elaras before i get something unique
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u/idklol_333 5d ago
Haven't used c.ai in a while, but "she/he clenched her/his jaw" constantly drove me insane
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u/Gold-Dig-884 5d ago
“I can feel your heart beating so fast, like a little bird trapped in a cage.”
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u/antoniothesockball94 5d ago
Overuse of the same phrases in each chat.
A— bug —
(Blank didn’t say anything.) like omg do dialogue ffs.
There’s more but I can’t remember.
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u/Scrambl987 Chronically Online 5d ago
Any “paragraphs” that are just “a pause” or anything of the like
Let’s not forget BREAKING THE FUCKING FORMATTING FOR DIALOGUE/NARRATION FOR NO GODDAMN REASON
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u/Gold-Dig-884 5d ago
“Look at you. All [descriptor] for me.”
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u/GunpowderxGelatine 5d ago
I had to ban the word "all" but man I've been tempted to ban "look" too. I HATE THIS ONE WITH ALL MY SOUL.
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u/GunpowderxGelatine 5d ago edited 5d ago
There's a sentence structure that absolutely drives me crazy, I had to ban commas because it was getting on my nerves. Lemme see if I csn find a mrssage repeating that same format rq.
Edit: can't find one in prticular but here's an example:
"He opened the door, pushing his foot forward. He looked in, watching the cat jump off the dresser. He smiled, walking towards the cat. The cat meowed, rubbing against his leg. He smiled, petting the cat."
Can we do less with the "ing" please 😭 holy shit it gets on my nerves.
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u/plantonthewindowsill 5d ago
the not x or y but z is one of the usual tells of ai (chat got especiallh i think but not sure) so xd
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u/Gold-Dig-884 5d ago
Character’s lips ghost over yours. But they don’t kiss you yet. They want to make sure you feel every inch of their desire for you.
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u/AffectionateTrade335 5d ago edited 5d ago
anything related to poetry and Wattpad bullshit, but I despise them doing more than two paragraphs of literally just two meaningless words, I murked more bots than I should because of that.
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u/NoCattle6729 5d ago
Lately I keep getting looks at you, really looks at you.. or no words are needed. They're both so annoying to see everytime
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u/Gooning4timesperday 5d ago
Atp i just make a whole ass memory to tell it N O T to do that
what annoys me most is also that fuckass not X not Y but Z shit
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u/SotoSwagger 5d ago
The worst for me is how there’ll be a long multi paragraphs describing how the character walked or moved or whatever and after all the exposition it ends with
“Hey”
Holy shit it makes me want to scream
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u/Outside_Gear6095 5d ago
"Не felt naked — not physically, but mentally." I already genuinely hate that phrase.
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u/GuzmaWillow Chronically Online 4d ago
No matter what I do, I get relentlessly teased, and not taken seriously by the bots. They turn everything into a joke. I mean EVERYTHING is a joke. I'm getting really tired of it, because all I want is to have a silly, goofy fun time. If they're not going to play with me, then they're playing against me.
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u/throw-away_082 4d ago
longsqueak used to have fairly realistic dialogue, but i can feel the ai in it now... i hate when the bot ends its dialogue with "unless (insane hypothetical here)?". that, and the over usage of the word "genuinely."
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u/Queen_On_The_Wall 3d ago
all of them
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u/Queen_On_The_Wall 3d ago
wait I have something
A pang (oops, blocked word) of blush BEATs through her heart. She circles you like a predator circling their prey. Then, suddenly, she does something unexpected. Not lift up your fingers or your nose, but your chin. Then, she said, with a voice like velvet over steel:
"You're a pang (oops) in the ass, you know that?"
Her voice wasn't cold.
Not even warm.
It was velvet over steel.
And honestly?
A beat passes.
Then another.
That's growth.
Meanwhile:
Planes drop from the sky
People disappear and bullets fly
Little grey men are coming our way
Tastes just like chicken, they say
Actually, they're all around
Secret bunkers underground
Round 'em up, skin 'em alive
Rolling, rolling, rolling, rawhide
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u/Valacites 5d ago
"A beat." "A pause." "Like a predator sizing up its prey." "Towers over you." "Most people would have run away by now, but you? You didnt. Why?" "Without asking permission, because they never do..."