AI applications in magic?

[erdnasephile]

This https://ts2.space/en/ai-in-the-world-of ... illusions/ is not a particularly great article, but I thought it might make an interesting conversation starter.

What current practical applications do you see for AI in the creation, performance and/or selling of magic?
How do you foresee AI impacting magic going forward?

Looking forward to your thoughts!

(I'm sure someone's going to ask ChatGPT those questions )

[Jonathan Townsend]

Imagine what could come from something trained on Bob Farmer's ad copy

Or the options from "on-demand" printing using a GPT to construct special books for book tests.

[Edward Pungot]

This sort of thing was beta-tested on another forum
https://www.themagiciansforum.com/post/is-it-possible-for-ai-to-have-a-conversation-with-us-about-magic-12689276

[Jonathan Townsend]

Interesting thread there and linked PDF. Below is a slightly edited snip-it from a book

"Tell us about home," Rorschach said.

"We don't all of us have parents or cousins. Some never did. Some come from vats."

"I see. That's sad. Vats sounds so dehumanizing." "Tell me more about your cousins," Rorschach sent.

"Our cousins lie about the family tree," Sascha replied, "with nieces and nephews and Neanderthals. We do not like annoying cousins."

"We'd like to know about this tree."

Confusing a text generator with a person (imputing agency, social norms, moral position ...) not so encouraging. A LLM which includes effective ad copy (and perhaps more generally rhetoric) is scary.