Okay, so yesterday I was messing around with trying to generate sentences using, you know, words related to “puberty”. Sounds kinda weird, I know, but hear me out.
The Idea: I was thinking about how AI models can be used to understand and generate text based on specific themes or concepts. And for some reason, “puberty” popped into my head. Thought it would be an interesting challenge to see if I could get a model to generate sentences that capture the awkwardness, changes, and general vibe of that time.
The Setup: I started by gathering a bunch of keywords and phrases associated with puberty. Think stuff like:
- hormones
- acne
- voice cracking
- growth spurt
- awkward
- body changes
- mood swings
I also looked up some articles and forums where people shared their experiences with puberty to get a better feel for the language and tone.
The Experiment: I hopped onto a Colab notebook and started playing around with a pre-trained language model. First, I tried just feeding it the keywords and asking it to generate sentences. The results were… not great. Super generic and kinda boring. Like, “Hormones can cause acne” – yeah, no kidding.
Tweaking the Input: Next, I tried a different approach. I crafted some more specific prompts that included a bit of context or emotion. For example:
- “The sudden growth spurt left him feeling incredibly clumsy.”
- “She was mortified when her voice cracked during the school play.”
- “His mood swings were so unpredictable; one minute he’s laughing, the next he’s slamming doors.”
Feeding these into the model helped a bit. The sentences became slightly more interesting and nuanced.
The Model: I used a basic GPT-2 model, nothing too fancy. Didn’t wanna spend a fortune on cloud compute just for this little experiment.
The Results: After a bunch of tweaking, I managed to get some sentences that were actually kinda decent. Here are a few examples:
- “The mirror became her enemy as she navigated the ever-changing landscape of her body.”
- “His voice, once a reliable tenor, now betrayed him with unpredictable squeaks and croaks.”
- “The scent of hormones hung heavy in the air, a constant reminder of the turbulent changes brewing within.”
Okay, maybe a bit dramatic, but you get the idea.
What I Learned: This whole thing was a good reminder that AI models are only as good as the data and prompts you give them. Just throwing keywords at a model isn’t going to magically produce insightful or creative text. You gotta put in the effort to craft specific and engaging prompts to guide the model in the right direction.
Next Steps: I’m thinking of trying this again with a larger model and maybe even fine-tuning it on a dataset of coming-of-age stories. It would be interesting to see if I could get it to generate entire paragraphs or even short stories about puberty. Who knows, maybe I’ll write the next great young adult novel with the help of AI!
Anyway, that’s my little experiment for today. Hope you found it interesting! Let me know if you have any ideas for other weird and wacky text generation projects I should try.
