Pretty wild panel I thought worth sharing! And from publisher Humanoids page:
Things are not going well for Commander Kaimann. Luz, the love of his life, is dead, his home of Tortuga destroyed, his crew ghostly apparitions, and his crocodilian mutation taking over more and more of his body -- Kaimann is fighting for his life on multiple fronts. Just when it seems like despair may overtake him, a chance encounter with a strange violin connects him to Aurora, a woman living in a future where she is staring down almost certain destruction...
With his passions renewed, Kaimann hatches a bold plan to find a cure for his mutation and a future with his newfound love. However, Kaimann’s past is catching up with him, and Aurora’s future. --[link]
More imagery here:
https://www.google.com/search?q=The+Incal+Dying+Star&udm=2
Also worth mentioning is that I thought writer Dan Watters did a downright remarkable job emulating the style of Alejandro Jodorowsky. It's uncanny, really.
Oh, btw-- Humanoids claims that this book is in the works to become a film, overseen by Taika Waititi ("Thor: Ragnarok").
As a nice little bonus, the book included a two-page 'reading order' list of the various Incal works, which have built up in to quite the impressive collection over the years. I believe this brings us up to 2025's chronology:
I've used gemini to rephrase things or create complex sed commands.
But as a conversation partner they are wholly unsatisfying for me. The whole point of conversation is to get to know someone, fictional or real.
With an LLM there isn't anyone there. Not even fictionally.
I'm still playing through Baldur's Gate 3, and I cannot tell you how much I do NOT want the characters to be replaced by an LLM that can't stick to the script, the way an actual script, does.
Good points. I guess the reason my experience varied so much is because so far I've usually used the LLM's for info, advice, and a bit of storytelling help. I've not really tried to go down the 'Eliza' / 'Racter' route because yeah... it's not really an AI entity, rather a set of instructions that hallucinates replies based on knowledge bases... albeit one that does so at never-before seen levels.
But I suppose the better the script frameworks get, the better LLM's will be become at simulating a real person. *shrug*