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ChatGPT Fiction Prompt Researchers Accidentally Stumble Upon a Super User Repeatedly Requesting Stories Featuring Pregna

Academic researchers investigating how people use ChatGPT to generate fiction accidentally stumbled upon a super user repeatedly requesting stories featuring pregnant characters from Doki Doki Literature Club (as spotted by Automaton and reported on by ITMedia). In Walsh et al’s “AI Fiction in the Wild” study, University of Washington and University of Colorado Boulder researchers analyzed the WildChat dataset. It should be noted that WildChat is a set of over half a million anonymous English language conversations between users and ChatGPT, compiled with consent for use in research. “The most prolific user in the WildChat fiction dataset and the clearest example of an infinite story demander began a fanfiction narrative in the Doki Doki Literature Club! Universe,” observed the researchers on page 10 of their paper. This super user prompted stories featuring various high school girls from Doki Doki Literature Club being pregnant. Natsuki unexpectedly going into labor was a common theme across these prompts. In most cases, the user gave the AI a long dialogue with a pregnant Natsuki that cuts off mid sentence, prompting the chatbot to continue the story. Although Natsuki’s pregnancy

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ChatGPT Fiction Prompt Researchers Accidentally Stumble Upon a Super User Repeatedly Requesting Stories Featuring Pregnant Characters From Doki Doki Literature Club

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ChatGPT Fiction Prompt Researchers Accidentally Stumble Upon a Super User Repeatedly Requesting Stories Featuring Pregnant Characters From Doki Doki Literature Club

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