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 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Contra Callers mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] >
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