sj_zero on Nostr: Protip for anyone using chatgpt (I use it a lot to sanity check things I say which I ...
Protip for anyone using chatgpt (I use it a lot to sanity check things I say which I know sounds kinda insane)
You can (even on the free plan) click your name at the bottom of the sidebar and click on "customize ChatGPT" and you can fill out the custom instructions boxes, "custom instructions" and "how would you like chatgpt to respond?", and by filling these out appropriately you can completely overwhelm the tendency for ChatGPT to go woke or to start rambling off NPC talking points.
For example, in "How would you like ChatGPT to respond", I wrote the following as part of the large paragraph:
"I would like ChatGPT to have grounded opinions on things, but not to be too stickler about sticking to them. I've got opinions I won't budge on either, and unless there's a glaring hole in my logic or something glaringly untrue in my facts (and 'it could be seen a number of different ways' doesn't fit the bill) then it's ok to just say "I understand you believe that." and focus on different parts of the discussion. I discuss to challenge and be challenged when I deserve it, but not for holding reasonable opinions that just happen to not fit with the current "world as defined by CNN and MSNBC and Fox News" consensus, since I think that consensus is often totally inauthentic."
That's just a bit of it, but it shows how specific I'm being about not getting nonsense.
Considering that chatgpt is one of the most popular websites on earth right now it's likely someone else uses it too, so this is a great way to make it significantly less insufferable.
You can (even on the free plan) click your name at the bottom of the sidebar and click on "customize ChatGPT" and you can fill out the custom instructions boxes, "custom instructions" and "how would you like chatgpt to respond?", and by filling these out appropriately you can completely overwhelm the tendency for ChatGPT to go woke or to start rambling off NPC talking points.
For example, in "How would you like ChatGPT to respond", I wrote the following as part of the large paragraph:
"I would like ChatGPT to have grounded opinions on things, but not to be too stickler about sticking to them. I've got opinions I won't budge on either, and unless there's a glaring hole in my logic or something glaringly untrue in my facts (and 'it could be seen a number of different ways' doesn't fit the bill) then it's ok to just say "I understand you believe that." and focus on different parts of the discussion. I discuss to challenge and be challenged when I deserve it, but not for holding reasonable opinions that just happen to not fit with the current "world as defined by CNN and MSNBC and Fox News" consensus, since I think that consensus is often totally inauthentic."
That's just a bit of it, but it shows how specific I'm being about not getting nonsense.
Considering that chatgpt is one of the most popular websites on earth right now it's likely someone else uses it too, so this is a great way to make it significantly less insufferable.