Using ChatGPT to generate Race names

[Quvano]

I'm not a huge fan of the names generated by the game so I figured I'd see what Chat GPT could do. Here is what it generated with the following prompt entered for each combo:

"In a fantasy game, I can design a race using three traits: Form, Culture and Society. Generate 10 names for the race that uses the following traits"

Form: Elf
Culture: Fuedal
Society: Devotees of Good

Silverthorn Court
Celestial Dominion
Noblewood Order
Radiant Dynasty
Everlight House
Gracewind Council
Luminara Realm
Valorborne Clan
Ebonheart Conclave
Seraphic Court

Form: Orc
Culture: Barbarian
Society: Ruthless Raiders

Bloodfang Horde
Ironskull Marauders
Savageclaw Clan
Skullcrusher Raiders
Thunderstorm Reavers
Bonebreaker Tribe
Viciousbane Warband
Darkmaw Pillagers
Stormbringer Raiders
Deathbringer Horde

Form: Feline
Culture: Dark
Society: Mana Channelers

Shadowclaw Enclave
Nightprowler Coven
Obsidian Mane Syndicate
Voidwhisker Collective
Eclipse Fang Brotherhood
Twilightclaw Society
Shadowstrike Order
Umbrapelt Conclave
Midnight Talon Clan
Mysticwhisker Sect

Form: Rat
Culture: Mystic
Society: Adept Settlers

Shadowwhisker Enclave
Arcane Fur Colony
Whispering Claw Brotherhood
Mystic Paws Collective
Runeborn Ratkin
Sage-tail Society
Enigmawhisper Clan
Astral Whisker Commune
Silentmyst Settlers
Magentle Fur Syndicate

Form: Dwarf
Culture: Industrious
Society: Great Builders

Stonework Guild
Forgeheart Clan
Ironbeard Assembly
Hammerstone Collective
Granitehall Consortium
Steelborne Union
Craftmaster Society
Masonguard Guild
Anvilstone Brotherhood
Constructer's League

[アンジェル]

Originally posted by PeaceMaker:

I make up my own. The human brain is better.

That is funny.

[Orion Invictus]

Fun fact: you can use ChatGPT to generate entire empires in Stellaris as well. It "knows" all the options you can pick and the point limit mechanic. It can even create a short description for them and all the names you need. I've used it to create a few empires, though occasionally it needs some help.

Note: It doesn't have information on the latest DLCs, obviously, and it doesn't actually "know" things the way we do. It will get some stuff wrong sometimes (when I tried it, it said "Barbarian Despoilers" was a type of authority you could pick), which may require some tweaking on your end.

[Quvano]

Originally posted by Sifer2:

Did you give it an example first? It's weird how it used the two word format on it's own the same way the game does if not.

I didn't give it any example. The prompt was exactly as I wrote it. It picked two words on its own. Probably because that is common in the fantasy game lore it was trained on.

[Chthonic Guardian]

I really like Valorborne for elves. I would drop the "clan" though.

[Sifer2]

Originally posted by Orion Invictus:

Fun fact: you can use ChatGPT to generate entire empires in Stellaris as well. It "knows" all the options you can pick and the point limit mechanic. It can even create a short description for them and all the names you need. I've used it to create a few empires, though occasionally it needs some help.

Note: It doesn't have information on the latest DLCs, obviously, and it doesn't actually "know" things the way we do. It will get some stuff wrong sometimes (when I tried it, it said "Barbarian Despoilers" was a type of authority you could pick), which may require some tweaking on your end.

So how do the AI's get that information? If someone who plays the games just feeding it to them for fun? Or even the devs themselves? Makes me wonder if that's how it already knew to make the faction names in two word format. Like a Triumph dev had already asked it for names lol.

[NzFox]

The stuff Gal civ 4 is doing is really interesting, for all the issues I have with that game the 'AlienGPT' used to generate everything about a faction based on a few lines could become the norm for 4x in the future

[Stormwind]

Originally posted by Sifer2:

Originally posted by Orion Invictus:

Fun fact: you can use ChatGPT to generate entire empires in Stellaris as well. It "knows" all the options you can pick and the point limit mechanic. It can even create a short description for them and all the names you need. I've used it to create a few empires, though occasionally it needs some help.

Note: It doesn't have information on the latest DLCs, obviously, and it doesn't actually "know" things the way we do. It will get some stuff wrong sometimes (when I tried it, it said "Barbarian Despoilers" was a type of authority you could pick), which may require some tweaking on your end.

So how do the AI's get that information? If someone who plays the games just feeding it to them for fun? Or even the devs themselves? Makes me wonder if that's how it already knew to make the faction names in two word format. Like a Triumph dev had already asked it for names lol.

No it was just taught on basically the internet prior to 2022, and with all the blog posts, articles, etc available it just figured it out, so to speak.

It looks like magic, but its basically an upgraded version of auto-complete on your phone.

[SBA77]

Originally posted by Quvano:

Using ChatGPT to generate Race names

What? I thought we had dealt with this before? Anyway this[minionsart.github.io] is probably better for randomly generating factions when you've run out of ideas.

[Stormwind]

Originally posted by Wandering Mania:

Originally posted by Stormwind:

lol. Chatgpt is so cool I sometimes forget how civilization ending it potentially is.

Yup "civilization ending" alright... Right up until a mistake is made, and it's makers attempt to teach it diversity. Just like Amazon made the mistake of doing, like talked about here:
https://youtu.be/N0L_0I3bz8Y

Is this a bunch of racist crap or something? Probably.

[SBA77]

Originally posted by Stormwind:

Originally posted by Wandering Mania:

https://youtu.be/N0L_0I3bz8Y

Is this a bunch of racist crap or something? Probably.

Well it is from Arch Warhammer....

[Orion Invictus]

Originally posted by Sifer2:

Originally posted by Orion Invictus:

Fun fact: you can use ChatGPT to generate entire empires in Stellaris as well. It "knows" all the options you can pick and the point limit mechanic. It can even create a short description for them and all the names you need. I've used it to create a few empires, though occasionally it needs some help.

Note: It doesn't have information on the latest DLCs, obviously, and it doesn't actually "know" things the way we do. It will get some stuff wrong sometimes (when I tried it, it said "Barbarian Despoilers" was a type of authority you could pick), which may require some tweaking on your end.

So how do the AI's get that information? If someone who plays the games just feeding it to them for fun? Or even the devs themselves? Makes me wonder if that's how it already knew to make the faction names in two word format. Like a Triumph dev had already asked it for names lol.

ChatGPT is a (very good*) text prediction algorithm, like the one some people use on their smartphones, or the one that Google uses to try to guess your searches before you finish typing them. It essentially "read" (processed) an ungodly amount of text and performed statistical analysis on that text, figuring out the most common patterns. Using two words to describe an empire is fairly common (see Stellaris, for example, where every empire gets a description of its government, and it's usually two words).

As for Stellaris, it's probably the most played 4X space game of the last decade. It's no surprise it would be fed data from there as well, and a lot of it, even unintentionally.

*Compared to what we have now.

[BladeofSharpness]

As an old tech engineer myself, I do believe like many others that we are in for some bad bad surprise at the end of the road. In a few years at most.