I have found a use for AI – useful for parents?

I have 2 grandchildren, 7 and 5 years old, and the 7 year old girl has just started reading bedtime stories to her younger brother. They like short and simple stories so I thought I would try to write some. I wanted them to be directly relevant so created 2 fictional children, directly based on them, who had various adventures and trips for each story. I thought that writing one or two would be enough but they really like them and wanted more.

Being a lazy sod, I put a basic prompt into ChatGPT to get the basic story written and then edited it to make it closer to the English we use and changed a few details to tie in with the reality we know. They are actually quite good as bedtime stories and you can put quite specific themes or messages in them. the example below is based on their cousin who is a marine biologist and has promised to take them rock pooling next summer and I wanted to add a subtle mention or not dropping litter.

Prompt used : Write a story about Olivia and Noah who are 8 and 5 years old. They go rock pooling at the beach with their cousin Naffy who knows all of the animals and finds lovely things. Naffy explains why they mustn’t leave rubbish and then they have a big ice cream.

Edited output : One bright and sunny morning, Olivia and Noah were bursting with excitement. They were going to the beach with their cousin Naffy for an adventure! Naffy was ten years older than Olivia and Noah, and she was always full of fun facts about nature. Today, she had promised to take them rock pooling at the seaside.

After packing their bags with towels, snacks, and buckets, Mummy drove them to the beach. As soon as they arrived, they ran across the soft sand, the salty breeze whipping through their hair. The sound of the seagulls and waves made everything feel more exciting.

“Are you ready to explore the rock pools?” Naffy asked, her eyes twinkling with excitement.

Olivia nodded eagerly, and Noah hopped up and down with his little bucket in hand. “Let’s find crabs and starfish!” he shouted.

Naffy led them across the beach to the small pools of water left behind when the sea retreated. They crouched down beside the first one, where tiny fish darted in and out of the rocks.

“Look at that!” Naffy pointed to a small starfish clinging to a rock. Its five arms stretched out like a tiny star in the water.

“Wow!” Olivia whispered. “It’s so beautiful.”

“Do you know why the starfish is here?” Naffy asked, smiling at her younger cousins. “It’s waiting for the tide to come back in, so it can swim out into the sea. This is its home.”

They moved to the next rock pool, where Noah spotted something shiny. “What’s that?” he asked, pointing to a small crab scuttling across the bottom of the pool.

“That’s a shore crab,” Naffy explained. “It hides under rocks and waits for food to wash by. Crabs are very shy, so we need to be gentle when we look at them.”

As they explored, Naffy taught them about sea anemones, barnacles, and seaweed. She knew all the animals and plants, explaining how each one had a special role in the ocean ecosystem.

“Remember,” Naffy said as they admired a beautiful shell Olivia had found, “we should always be careful not to leave any rubbish behind. If rubbish ends up in the sea, it can hurt the animals, and it’s bad for the environment.”

Noah looked thoughtful. “So if we leave litter, it can hurt the crabs and starfish?”

Naffy nodded. “Exactly, Noah. That’s why we always take our rubbish with us. We want the beach to stay clean and safe for the animals and for people too.”

Olivia and Noah both promised to pick up any litter they saw and to always keep the beach clean.

After hours of exploring the magical world of the rock pools, Mummy called them over. “Who’s ready for an ice cream?”

“Me!” Noah shouted, running toward the ice cream stand.

Naffy , Olivia, and Noah each picked their favourite flavours: Olivia chose vanilla, Noah went for strawberry, and Naffy picked strawberry and vanilla with sprinkles and sauce. They sat on the beach, enjoying the cool ice cream as the waves lapped at the shore.

“This was the best day ever,” Olivia said between bites of her ice cream.

Naffy grinned. “And there’s always more to explore next time!”

As they watched the tide slowly creep back in, Olivia and Noah felt proud that they had learned about the wonders of the ocean and how to take care of it. They couldn’t wait to come back for more adventures with Naffy , their rock-pooling expert cousin.

 

The picture is AI too – Openart.a – A pencil sketch of an adult a girls and a boy pointing at a starfish and a crab in a pool in the rocks by the sea

In Googlesheets, it is properly inset into the text so looks correct when printed

Have we time warped back to 2022? Or are you just 2 years behind everyone else and finally catching up 😉

Forst time we have had the grandchildren stay with us for more than a single night

Only teasing 🙂 nice work!!

The great thing is that i now have an infinite number of stories generated quickly and even the plot ideas can be autogenerated. The kids think I am an amazing story teller, so much better than those boring books Mum reads them.

As you have just discovered ChatGPT, try adding a style or an author they like to your prompt. For example your prompt in the style of Dr Zeuss gets me:

On a bright sunny day, with the waves crashing loud,
Olivia, Noah, and Naffy, so proud,
Went down to the beach with their buckets and nets,
For a day full of rock pools—oh, fun as it gets!

The beach, oh so wide, with its glittering sand,
Was the perfect adventure for this curious band.
Naffy, the cousin, knew all of the best,
Where creatures hid secrets, and where they could rest.

“Look here,” whispered Naffy, “a crab on a crawl,
See how it scuttles? It’s not big, it’s small!”
Olivia giggled and Noah did too,
As they watched the crab wave, then away it withdrew.

Then Naffy, with wisdom, pointed out a sea snail,
“Be gentle, dear Noah, don’t touch its soft tail.
These creatures are treasures, we mustn’t forget,
They’re part of the sea—we must keep them well-set!”

Olivia squealed, “Look, a fish with bright spots!”
“Why yes,” answered Naffy, “and see here, what lots!
There’s limpets and mussels, and a starfish so slow,
This world’s full of wonders wherever you go!”

But then with a frown and a very deep sigh,
Naffy saw rubbish blown in from the sky.
A wrapper, a bottle, just tossed on the shore,
“That’s not good at all,” Naffy said, “Not at all!”

“Why Naffy?” asked Noah, his eyes open wide,
“Why can’t the beach just take rubbish in stride?”
“Well,” Naffy said gently, “this place is their home,
For crabs and for fishes, wherever they roam.

When rubbish gets left, it spoils the fun,
For every sea creature and everyone!
A turtle might nibble, a gull might get trapped,
And soon this whole beach might just look quite zapped.”

Olivia and Noah both nodded their heads,
“We won’t leave a thing, not a speck,” they said.
And so they picked up every wrapper and can,
And popped them in bins with a quick little plan.

The beach now all tidy, they grinned ear to ear,
They’d learned something special, that much was clear.
Then with a laugh and a cheer and a scream,
Off they all went for a big, yummy ice cream!

Vanilla for Naffy, with sprinkles galore,
Chocolate for Noah, then just a bit more.
Olivia’s cone was as tall as the sky,
And they sat there together, as the seagulls flew by.

So remember, dear friends, when you’re down by the sea,
Leave it just perfect, as clean as can be!
For beaches are magic, with wonders to spy,
And if we take care, they’ll always be spry.

Trip Hazzard in the style of Sharpe 🙂

Hazzard and the Zombie Apocalypse (01)

10 Chapters 🙂

She is only 7 so I suspect will struggle to read some of the words like putrescent reek but otherwise a great tip.

At the moment they still think I am writing them completely so I don’t want to break the magic…

Maybe for an older audience:-)

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I was quite pleased with it and it was fun to create 🙂

I wonder what the next Trip Hazzard adventure will be next ?

How the **** does his right shoulder work?

He’s got two arms.

An instagram post I saw talks about the energy usage of ChatGPT/AI, in terms of water to cool the servers, and energy to power them.

But, look at it this way, how much water and energy does it take to power a single human, who, generally speaking is quite limited to specific (if any) specialisms?

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The Katie Morag books are good if you havent tried them.

Drawings are amazing, stories are fun and its a girl as the lead character.

Drawings are amazing, stories are fun and its a girl as the lead character. – Thank you.I have tried to achieve that in my stories. I think Kate Morag has done something similar 🙂