That's pretty amazing. I am generally resisting AI with every fiber in my
being, but this looks pretty benign.
Thanks for sharing.

Diane

On Sun, Jan 12, 2025 at 9:06 AM Rick Mohr via Contra Callers <
[email protected]> wrote:

> AI is invading our lives, but can sometimes be useful — for example,
> ChatGPT is pretty good at reformatting contra dances!
>
>
> In Philly we have mostly multi-caller evenings, where the coordinator gets
> dance submissions from many callers (in many formats), creates a program,
> and sends out the result. Sometimes the program looks like a fruit salad of
> formats, but (OCD?) I like everything to be concise and uniform.
>
>
> See example below, where ChatGPT unifies dances in 4 formats — Callers
> Box, one posted here, my website, and Bob Isaacs’ format. It took a few
> tries to refine the instructions (and I only tried this one output format),
> but in the end it’s a pretty amazing result from minimal instructions in
> plain English.
>
>
> Rick
>
>
>
> =========================
>
> My Instructions to ChatGPT
>
> =========================
>
>
> Please reformat the contra dances below as follows:
>
>
> Format dance headers as e.g. “Title (Author) Formation”
>
> If formation is omitted, use “Duple Improper”
>
> Format part names as e.g. “A1:  ”.
>
> Eliminate beat counts for figures (like “8”).
>
> Put a part’s figures on one line, separated by commas, no period or spaces
> at the end.
>
> And this is important — format as plain text, do not format as markdown.
>
>
>
> Centrifugal Hey
>
> by Gene Hubert
>
> Permission: full   License: CC-BY-NC
> FormationBase: Duple Minor
> <https://www.ibiblio.org/contradance/thecallersbox/Glossary.htm#duple-minor>
>  - Improper
> <https://www.ibiblio.org/contradance/thecallersbox/Glossary.htm#improper>
> Progression: Single
> Figures:
> A1
>
> (8) Neighbor allemande
> <https://www.ibiblio.org/contradance/thecallersbox/Glossary.htm#allemande> 
> right
> 1 & 3/4
>
> (8) Men
> <https://www.ibiblio.org/contradance/thecallersbox/Glossary.htm#men>
> allemande
> <https://www.ibiblio.org/contradance/thecallersbox/Glossary.htm#allemande> 
> left
> 1 & 1/2
> A2
>
> (16) Hey
> <https://www.ibiblio.org/contradance/thecallersbox/Glossary.htm#hey>
>  (PR;WL;NR;ML;PR;WL;NR;ML)
> B1
>
> (16) Partner swing
> <https://www.ibiblio.org/contradance/thecallersbox/Glossary.htm#swing>
> B2
>
> (8) Right and left through
> <https://www.ibiblio.org/contradance/thecallersbox/Glossary.htm#right-and-left-through>
>  with
> partner
>
> (6) Circle left
> <https://www.ibiblio.org/contradance/thecallersbox/Glossary.htm#circle-left-right>
>  3/4
>
> (2) Pass through
> <https://www.ibiblio.org/contradance/thecallersbox/Glossary.htm#pass-through>
>  along
> <https://www.ibiblio.org/contradance/thecallersbox/Glossary.htm#across-along>
>  (NR)
>
>
> Stars are Aligned
> by Lisa Sieverts
> BECKET, CCW
>
>    1.
>
>    LH Star
>    2.
>
>    RH Star
>    3.
>
>    P Do Si Do (on side)
>    4.
>
>    P Swing
>    5.
>
>    Whole Set Oval Left
>    6.
>
>    Whole set Oval Right
>    7.
>
>    F&B
>    8.
>
>    LH Star, on to the next, partners moving along the line
>
>
> *Trip to Trillium*                 Bob Isaacs                  Becket-L
>
>
>
> A1.      8          Circle L ¾
>
>             8          w/Partner weave the line past
> two                                          (1)
>
>
>
> A2.      8          w/N3 square through three
>
>             8          N2 swing
>
>
>
> B1.      8          Robins chain to partner
>
>             8          ½ hey (RR, N2L, LR, -)
>
>
>
> B2.      4,12     Partner balance, swing
>
>
>
> Fluidity
>
> By Rick Mohr; September 2017
>
> Contra, BecketCaller's Box
> <https://www.ibiblio.org/contradance/thecallersbox/dance.php?id=18477>
>
> Level: Easy/Intermediate
> A1:
>
> 3/4 Hey *(larks pass left shoulders to start)* (12)
>
> Robins allemande left (4)
> A2:
>
> Gypsy and swing neighbor (16)
> B1:
>
> Right and left through (8)
>
> Circle right (8)
> B2:
>
> *(With next couple)* Circle left 3/4 (6)
>
> Swing partner (10)
>
>
>
> =========================
>
> Output from ChatGPT
>
> =========================
>
> Centrifugal Hey (Gene Hubert) Duple Improper
> A1: Neighbor allemande right 1 & 3/4, men allemande left 1 & 1/2
> A2: Hey (PR, WL, NR, ML, PR, WL, NR, ML)
> B1: Partner swing
> B2: Right and left through with partner, circle left 3/4, pass through
> along (NR)
>
> Stars are Aligned (Lisa Sieverts) Becket CCW
> A1: Left-hand star, right-hand star
> A2: Partner do-si-do, partner swing
> B1: Whole set oval left, whole set oval right
> B2: Forward and back, left-hand star on to the next, partners moving along
> the line
>
> Trip to Trillium (Bob Isaacs) Becket Left
> A1: Circle left 3/4, with partner weave the line past two
> A2: With N3 square through three, N2 swing
> B1: Robins chain to partner, half hey (RR, N2L, LR)
> B2: Partner balance, swing
>
> Fluidity (Rick Mohr; September 2017) Becket
> A1: Three-quarter hey (larks pass left shoulders to start), robins
> allemande left
> A2: Gypsy and swing neighbor
> B1: Right and left through, circle right
> B2: With next couple circle left 3/4, swing partner
>
>
>
>
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