The Drama Machine: Simulating Character Development with LLM Agents

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Auteurs principaux: Magee, Liam, Arora, Vanicka, Gollings, Gus, Lam-Saw, Norma
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author Magee, Liam
Arora, Vanicka
Gollings, Gus
Lam-Saw, Norma
author_facet Magee, Liam
Arora, Vanicka
Gollings, Gus
Lam-Saw, Norma
contents This paper explores use of multiple large language model (LLM) agents to simulate complex, dynamic characters in dramatic scenarios. We introduce a drama machine framework that coordinates interactions between LLM agents playing different 'Ego' and 'Superego' psychological roles. In roleplay simulations, this design allows intersubjective dialogue and intra-subjective internal monologue to develop in parallel. We apply this framework to two dramatic scenarios - an interview and a detective story - and compare character development with and without the Superego's influence. Though exploratory, results suggest this multi-agent approach can produce more nuanced, adaptive narratives that evolve over a sequence of dialogical turns. We discuss different modalities of LLM-based roleplay and character development, along with what this might mean for conceptualization of AI subjectivity. The paper concludes by considering how this approach opens possibilities for thinking of the roles of internal conflict and social performativity in AI-based simulation.
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spellingShingle The Drama Machine: Simulating Character Development with LLM Agents
Magee, Liam
Arora, Vanicka
Gollings, Gus
Lam-Saw, Norma
Computers and Society
J.4; J.5; K.4.2
This paper explores use of multiple large language model (LLM) agents to simulate complex, dynamic characters in dramatic scenarios. We introduce a drama machine framework that coordinates interactions between LLM agents playing different 'Ego' and 'Superego' psychological roles. In roleplay simulations, this design allows intersubjective dialogue and intra-subjective internal monologue to develop in parallel. We apply this framework to two dramatic scenarios - an interview and a detective story - and compare character development with and without the Superego's influence. Though exploratory, results suggest this multi-agent approach can produce more nuanced, adaptive narratives that evolve over a sequence of dialogical turns. We discuss different modalities of LLM-based roleplay and character development, along with what this might mean for conceptualization of AI subjectivity. The paper concludes by considering how this approach opens possibilities for thinking of the roles of internal conflict and social performativity in AI-based simulation.
title The Drama Machine: Simulating Character Development with LLM Agents
topic Computers and Society
J.4; J.5; K.4.2
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.01725