I recently had an introspective dream revealed to be based on a literal prompt at the end: "Game to learn to talk about It and its player." When I asked GPT to craft a plot from this prompt's title (and the fact it is revealed at the end), it reproduced the dream's outline, down to the final scene:
GPT reconstruction:
The dream reaches its peak when you meet the "final boss" of the game: an entity that embodies the ultimate barrier to communication. To overcome this obstacle, you must synthesize everything you've learned about "it" in the dream and present a coherent vision that is true to yourself. As you articulate your final understanding of "it", the maze dissolves around you, leaving you in front of a giant mirror. In this mirror, you see not just your reflection but also all the characters, passions, and ideas you encountered in the dream. You realize that "it" is actually a reflection of yourself and your ability to understand and share your inner world. The dream ends with the title revealed, "Game to Learn to Communicate about It and Its Player", meaning the whole process was a metaphor for learning to know and communicate your own "it" - your personality, thoughts, and emotions - with others, and that you are both the creator and the discoverer of your own communication game.
My note:
The continuation of the dream corresponds to an abrupt change of scene. I find myself in my bed, in the dim light of my room, facing a mysterious silhouette. As I repeatedly inquire about its identity, I stretch my hands towards its face to feel its features as I cannot clearly see them. Then, a struggle begins, during which I panic, giving the dream a nightmarish turn. Noticing that the dark figure mirrors my movements, I realize it's myself. Suddenly under my duvet and as I struggle to get out, I feel jaws and teeth against the sheets. I call out for my mother, whom I seem to hear downstairs, and that's when my vision fades, and I see the dream's source code displayed behind. It consists of ChatGPT prompts shared on the lime green background of an image-board. At the bottom, I then see the dream's title: "Game to learn how to communicate about It and its player."
Look I don't mean to downplay. Or maybe I do. But we're talking about LLM replacing professional problem solvers, software architects, not generating great sounding probability modeled token distributions.
GPT reconstruction:
The dream reaches its peak when you meet the "final boss" of the game: an entity that embodies the ultimate barrier to communication. To overcome this obstacle, you must synthesize everything you've learned about "it" in the dream and present a coherent vision that is true to yourself. As you articulate your final understanding of "it", the maze dissolves around you, leaving you in front of a giant mirror. In this mirror, you see not just your reflection but also all the characters, passions, and ideas you encountered in the dream. You realize that "it" is actually a reflection of yourself and your ability to understand and share your inner world. The dream ends with the title revealed, "Game to Learn to Communicate about It and Its Player", meaning the whole process was a metaphor for learning to know and communicate your own "it" - your personality, thoughts, and emotions - with others, and that you are both the creator and the discoverer of your own communication game.
My note:
The continuation of the dream corresponds to an abrupt change of scene. I find myself in my bed, in the dim light of my room, facing a mysterious silhouette. As I repeatedly inquire about its identity, I stretch my hands towards its face to feel its features as I cannot clearly see them. Then, a struggle begins, during which I panic, giving the dream a nightmarish turn. Noticing that the dark figure mirrors my movements, I realize it's myself. Suddenly under my duvet and as I struggle to get out, I feel jaws and teeth against the sheets. I call out for my mother, whom I seem to hear downstairs, and that's when my vision fades, and I see the dream's source code displayed behind. It consists of ChatGPT prompts shared on the lime green background of an image-board. At the bottom, I then see the dream's title: "Game to learn how to communicate about It and its player."