InferKit is a text-generation tool with both a web user-interface and a standalone API.
InferKit is a clean text-generation app, designed to literally pick up where you have left off. Essentially, you type in a sentence or two, and InferKit’s AI builds on what you have written.
For my test, I decided to see whether I could get InferKit to help me write a version of Goldilocks and the Three Bears. I started the story with “Goldilocks walked through the woods where,” and I then asked InferKit to generate some text. Here’s how the opening read after InferKit had chimed in: “Goldilocks walked through the woods where she discovered a cabin and a girl named Trixie, a witch by day and an arsonist by night.”
As you can see, the story was taking quite a troubling journey, so I decided to try a more oblique tale. I began with “The young boy was happy to see that it was a sunny day.” InferKit then built on it, leaving me with: “The young boy was happy to see that it was a sunny day. So was I as I saw that the sun would be shining at a bright blue sky. There was a faint layer of cloud, but it didn't look threatening. The boy in the sandals wore beige shorts, a green t - shirt.”
For my last test, I opted to try and get the InferKit to write me an email. I also wanted it to include a specific word, which you can prompt it to do via the Generate Options section. I asked for the email to include “spreadsheet,” and then started the sentence with “Dear business manager, I am writing to you to tell you all about my company, which…” After InferKit got to work, my email became: “Dear business manager, I am writing to you to tell you all about my company, which provides office space and all kinds of different services to businesses. Like many business owners, I am budgeting the most for the first month and hoping to have my expenses completely covered by…” As you’ll note, InferKit trailed off at the end, and the word “spreadsheet” didn’t appear once.
AI-powered chatbots have proven useful in a number of areas, and so when I first opened up InferKit I was expecting it to be on par with the likes of OpenAI’s ChatGpt and Google’s Bard. Instead, I found it to be seriously lacking. Not only does InferKit frequently produce poorly-constructed sentences, it also seems to veer toward darker content. As you’ll see from screenshots, InferKit knows how to turn nursery rhymes into bleak tales.
I tried adjusting the sampling temperature (which InferKit refers to as the model’s creativity), pushing it both up and down, but the results either got more intense or seemed to break entirely. In one instance, the model generated “He's a thief, a liar, and a cheat,” and then repeated the line four more times.
On the whole, generative text tools can really help to get you into a creative mind or productive flow state. But when it comes to InferKit, what it spits out tends to be nonsensical at best, and at worst, a little unsettling.
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Tom Wilton is a writer and filmmaker specialising in audiovisual AI tools.
Jack Woodwalker is a tech reviewer, former engineer and the CEO of AllThingsAI.
About the Author1. We double checked and Inferkit and its "person" is legit
2. We signed up to Inferkit
3. We used the text generation and verified the pricing
4. We tested some of Inferkit's competitors like ChatGPT and HuggingChat
5. We reviewed the tool on the basis of its Simplicity, Authenticity, Affordability and Competency
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