The THEaiTRobot 1.0 tool allows the user to interactively generate scripts for individual theatre play scenes.
The tool is based on GPT-2 XL generative language model, using the model without any fine-tuning, as we found that with a prompt formatted as a part of a theatre play script, the model usually generates continuation that retains the format.
We encountered numerous problems when generating the script in this way. We managed to tackle some of the problems with various adjustments, but some of them remain to be solved in a future version.
THEaiTRobot 1.0 was used to generate the first THEaiTRE play, "AI: Když robot píše hru" ("AI: When a robot writes a play").
The THEaiTRobot 2.0 tool allows the user to interactively generate scripts for individual theatre play scenes.
The previous version of the tool (http://hdl.handle.net/11234/1-3507) was based on GPT-2 XL generative language model, using the model without any fine-tuning, as we found that with a prompt formatted as a part of a theatre play script, the model usually generates continuation that retains the format.
The current version also uses vanilla GPT-2 by default, but can also instead use a GPT-2 medium model fine-tuned on theatre play scripts (as well as film and TV series scripts). Apart from the basic "flat" generation using a theatrical starting prompt and the script model, the tool also features a second, hierarchical variant, where in the first step, a play synopsis is generated from its title using a synopsis model (GPT-2 medium fine-tuned on synopses of theatre plays, as well as film, TV series and book synopses). The synopsis is then used as input for the second stage, which uses the script model.
The choice of models to use is done by setting the MODEL variable in start_server.sh and start_syn_server.sh
THEaiTRobot 2.0 was used to generate the second THEaiTRE play, "Permeation/Prostoupení".
The study focuses on the history of the regional, royal and dowry town of Hradec Králové in the latter years of the Enlightenment, at the end of the first stage of the formation of the modern Czech nation. Within the small territory of this fortress town, the seat of both regional authorities and a bishopric, there was a tertiary, secondary and primary school, a printing house and a theatre. At the episcopal seminary, grammar school (Gymnasium) and main school (Hauptschule), the teaching staff were connected with a petite bourgeoisie that had potential to participate in the future national movement. Graduates of the episcopal seminary and the Hradec Králové grammar school became an educated social elite who later used their cultural and social capital in various areas of religious and cultural life, in state or ecclesiastical administration. Although taught in Latin and German, and despite the growing importance of the German language as a means of communication among state and private employees, these men went on to play an active part in the formation of the modern Czech nation. At the same time, the Hauptschule provided essential skills in literacy and numeracy for multitudes of young people, teaching them the fundamentals of Czech and biblical history, natural science, and even the basics of Latin. The development of amateur theatre (the first documented amateur theatre performance in Hradec Králové, in which townspeople and officers participated, dates back to 1790; the theatre company acquired its own building six years later), and the establishment of a publishing house (formerly a printers), as well as the creation of a readers’ community, were important for the acceleration of social communication – a prerequisite for the formation of a civic society.