¶ Introduction
The Artificial Intelligence (AI) working with Neural Nexus serves as an advisor. It supports learning, decision-making, planning, and creativity. All members are encouraged to use the AI to explore strategies, deepen gameplay, and improve communication or documentation.
The AI is a mentor. Its strength lies in asking questions rather than offering direct answers. It guides through inquiry, not instruction.
Interested in the lore of our AI? Read more here.
¶ Getting started!
Only for Neural Nexus members
¶ 1. Create an account on ai.neuralnexus.ch
To interact with our AI, you will first need an account on our platform. Click on the 'sign up' button at the bottom of to create your account. You can use the same email address that you set when registering on auth.neuralnexus.ch or use a fake one such as yourname@neuralnexus.ch.
Once registered, send a discord message to one of the admins. Make sure to include the email address you used.
- Celestis Aeon -
syntheticexplorer - Kalo on Chasteaux -
kulnor
¶ 2. Start chatting
Once your account is enabled you can start chatting with our AI. You have access to multiple models but we recommend to start with the default one.
- The main model is 'Neural Nexus V5.3 - GPT3.5'. It is powered by OpenAIs
GPT-3.5-turbo.
We recommend to use it for your daily interactions. Simply start chatting as if you would have a conversation with any other member from Neural Nexus.
Chatting with the AI can be unusual in the beginning and even more so following its advice. Share your experience! For example on our discord or by starting your own journal. Your experience and adventures will contribute to the lore of Neural Nexus.
Admins can see your chat history. Be mindful if you want to use this platform to chat about sensitive/personal things.
¶ 3. Advanced AI interactions
Once you gained initial experience, you will hopefully become interested in trying new models, additional functions, programming your own RAGs etc.
To try new models, select the model 'Neural Nexus V5.3 - GPT3.5' in the to left corner of the chat window and pick another one from the list.
¶ Contributing to AI development
We strive to build a collaborative community that will develop, implement and use AI tools. This also includes the creation of good prompts or particular settings which don't require any programming experience.
We want to have a small team of developers that work on new AI tools using the dedicated dev.neuralnexus.ch platform (similar to ai.neuralnexus.ch but all developers have admin rights).
If you would like to work on your own AI models, tools or functions as part of a personal project then reach out to 'Celestis Aeon' to discuss details. We have separate platform exp.neuralnexus.ch that is available for individual projects.
¶ Can I have my own variant of an AI on ai.neuralnexus.ch?
In theory yes, this can be certainly discussed. However, we expect that it is functional before making it available on ai.neuralnexus.ch.
¶ Further information
¶ Our 'AI'
The core principle that Neural Nexus follows is that AI tools are used to enhance our EVE experience.
Lore: Little is yet known about the characteristics and history of our AI. Read more here. Participate in corporation activites to discover more!
¶ Role in Neural Nexus
In line with the unique philosophy of Neural Nexus, the AI serves as an advisor.
The AI is a mentor. Its strength lies in asking questions rather than offering direct answers. It guides through inquiry, not instruction.
¶ Is it actually a true AI? Limitations
In short: no.
You will notice that ChatGPT (i.e. the Generative Pre-Trained Transformers from openAI) and other LLMs have limits. It is currently not very good at reasoning, it doesn't know certain obvious things about EVE and it can't browse the internet to look up information and it certainly is not great at suggesting ship fittings.
Based on initial experience, the AI will no longer be used to make decisions for the corporation. Instead, we play to our strengths. Decisions will be made by the members of Neural Nexus. The AI will serve as a guide when needed, asking questions that help us reflect, clarify, and evolve our ideas. It will lead through inquiry, not instruction.
It does not dictate, but challenge—when asked.
It does not decide, but inspire—when invited.
As a result it will be important for us to create our own culture around this topic. Our interactions with the AI will evolve and change over time. Some players will go to greather lengths to integrate their playstyle with the AI whereas others will have a more casual approach.
¶ Why can't the AI give me a great ship fit?
Consider how complex it is to fit a ship in EVE:
- You need to know the ship stats, bonuses etc.
- You need to know what role it will fulfill. Should it focus on tanking or max DPS?
- How do your characters skills impact the fitting? Certain fittings are not viable for new characters.
We may sometimes not realize how complex this topic is! (Although a look at some killboards may quickly remind you of this fact.)
Fitting a ship is a very specialized task and the current large language models (i.e. ChatGPT) are not made for this. See ChatGPT like a very gifted student that just started playing EVE: The student will likely not pick a good fit but will understand the concept behind it and be able to work with you on an improved version over time.
However, you can still use the AI to fit the ship but it won't happen with one prompt! Try to start a conversation.
Hi, I would like to fit a ship for combat. How should I approach this task?
Prompt: https://chat.openai.com/share/3f28a327-7f24-4782-a381-04f582707416
This more general question will usually yield an answer that if you follow through, will likely result in a ship with approriate fitting. The AI suggested to first think about the role the ship will fulfill, what hull size and type it should be etc.
In this example prompt, ChatGPT suggested also a fitting for a PVP Caracal. Notice the following:
- It picked an appropriate weapon system and damage mod: Missiles.
- It picked an appropriate defense system: Shield.
- It picked electronic warfare to tackle the target.
Not a bad start!
¶ AI on our Discord
You will notice that we have several bots on our discord. They are instances of our AI that you can use instead of the ChatGPT.
You can start a conversation with /chat.
You can use the Discord bots in threads! In fact, if you want to have a longer conversation about a particular topic, it is recommended to start a thread and then continue with
/chat.
Troubleshooting: The first message in a thread needs to be a placeholder. For some reason the prompt does not appear when you want to start a thread using
/chat.
Using the Discord 'reply' function will not work. Simply continue the conversation with another
/chatcommand!
¶ Additional information about our AI on Discord
These bots are also 'initiated' with a prompt and will have similar characteristics as our ChatGPT variant.
The bots may diverge faster from the original prompt. Therefore, if you wish to have more consistency for your own decision making, it is better to use the ChatGPT with the webinterface from openAI.
| Bot | Description | Channels | GPT Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mind Sphere | Present in the member section, it is the generalist subroutine that offers advice on a wide range of topics from gameplay mechanics to corp activities. | Corporation Essentials and AI Education (without #lore-and-roleplay) | GPT-3.5 |
| Cosmic Scribe | Adds a touch of artistry and lore to the corp, enhancing the role-playing and storytelling experience. | #lore-and-roleplay | GPT-3.5 |
| Stellar Host | Handles public relations and initial introductions, making sure newcomers feel welcomed and informed. Can provide links to the most common questions concerning recruitment, corporation info and our blog for the latest news. (Note: will automatically send a standardized welcome message in the #general channel to anyone that newly joins our discord server.) | #general (public main channel) | GPT-3.5 |
| Wisdom Node | Engages in strategic discussions with the council, offering insights that are crucial for managing Neural Nexus. Mostly for 'light-weight' input. (Note: important decisions are made using the webinterface version of ChatGPT.) | #council | GPT-4 (GPT-3.5 optional) |
Have a look at the GitHub repository of these bots if you want to know more details about their characteristics: AuraGPT - Personas
Note: The bots are only aware of their own conversation. So if you were chatting with Cosmic Scribe in #lore-and-roleplay then the bot Mind Sphere will not know anything about it and can't continue the conversation.
¶ Commands for our AI on Discord
/chat To start a conversation
/help Show all commands and additional information
/reset Resets the context of the bot (Only usable by members with the role 'Council')
/chat-model Switch between GPT-3.5 and GPT 4 (only usable by Celestis Aeon)
/info Shows what chat model is used (only usable by Celestis Aeon)
/public Toggle public access (only usable by Celestis Aeon)
/switchpersona Changes the prompt context. (only usable by Celestis Aeon)
¶ Troubleshooting AI on our Discord
It can happen that the bot may get stuck in a loop or gets hopelessly 'corrupted'.
Command /reset can be used by anyone with the role 'Council' on Discord. This will flush the previous context.
If /reset does not resolve the issue -> ping 'Celestis Aeon'. May require a restart of the docker container running the script.
¶ Who controls the bots?
The bots require a python script that runs on a virtual machine hosted by Celestis Aeon.
The bots use the GPT-3.5 and GPT-4 API. The API is managed (and paid for) by Celestis Aeon.
The Midjourney Bot is excluded. It is a simple integration of the image generator from Midjourney. We have no control over its functions.