AI assistant is no longer an assistant in the chat at all
This post is going to be a long one, filled with my personal experience and comparisons because I really need to get this off my chest. And yes, I’m a newbie here. I discovered the site 2 months ago, though I only registered this account recently.
As I think other Perchance users have noticed, the AI assistant has been acting incredibly dumb lately. It constantly glitches, writes in a dry, unpolished, and overly brief way, delivering the absolute minimum. It completely lacks any 'imagination.' Unlike the previous model, it can’t brainstorm ideas based on your project anymore; it just repeats what was already written in its readme file. It’s completely incapable of coming up with anything original, or at least it struggles heavily to do so.
I really loved how the old model used to write, highlighting and noticing every little detail. Heck, I even experimented with it, and the model could synthesize sound or literally copy a song, which is already amazing by itself, or edit audio. Sure, it can't actually 'hear,' but still! All of this is from my own experience. But if you compare it to the current model... well, I’ve already described it: it's dry. It is fast, that’s a fact, but I would much rather wait longer for the sake of quality.
So, what I’m getting at is that I hope this is just a temporary workaround by the developer. The website is great, and the AI agent used to be a massive help. It brought ideas to life. It was awesome to build a game framework and then just polish the minor details. It wasn't perfect, but the quality was high.
What makes it even more frustrating is the 'thinking' feature. When I first saw it, I wondered why it was even there. But then I realized it’s a brilliant feature. Now, though, I don’t see a single trace of actual thought from this dummy.
Anyway, I’ve rambled on for too long. I hope this doesn’t last. I can see that people are furious because, let’s face it, 'how could they take away our gold and give us copper instead?' But as harsh as it sounds, we also need to stop whining. No matter how disappointed I am, the developer might be having a hard time or dealing with temporary issues, so we probably just need to wait. Everything is so messy right now.
I might be inaccurate on some points, so please take this with a grain of salt. It's just my view on the current situation.
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perchance AI is actually doing nothing now. huhu. I know now the reason why perchance AI keeps on ruining my tools and the reason why it was different now than before. I really like the previous AI because it was really thinking, smart and adaptive and it really checks your project. please bring it back, many people wants to help by donation, just don't lock it up in payment walls. we really appreciate you. thank you.
The worst-case scenario is if they start charging for it, but as we know, the site isn't commercial. So hopefully the developer will find a free alternative soon.
i personally would not mind paying a sub fee 20 to 40 dollars a month just to use the old one , or at lest open the sand box so we can use our own agents , because one your sitting on our creativity deliberately bottle necking what we could be doing, for your own principle
It is great that you are willing to support the project financially to bring the old model back. But if they introduce mandatory sub fees, the whole meaning of this website will be lost. No matter how much we want the smart model back, Perchance was always meant to be a free digital canvas. It is like having a brush and paints that you borrowed from a friend to create art. Anyone should be able to just come here, build something for fun, and share it with the world without a price tag. Turning this place into a commercial service with paywalls would completely ruin its soul and its freedom.
Dev spoke about this a week ago: https://lemmy.world/post/52391832
Thanks for the link. I see now that it was an emergency downgrade due to server costs. Glad to know the developer is looking for a way to bring a smarter model and the thinking text back. We'll just have to wait.